Genesis 42:11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹¹ “We are all one man’s sons, we are trustworthy, your servants are not spies.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ We are all one man's sons; we are true men; your servants are not spies.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

Common English Bible

¹¹ We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants aren’t spies.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ We are all sons of one man. We have come in peace, nor do any of your subjects devise evil."

Genesis 42:11 Cross References

Genesis 42:12

But he said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

Genesis 42:16

“Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you are kept in prison. So let your words be proven to see whether there is any truth in you, or else, by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies!”

Genesis 42:19

“If you are trustworthy, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house, and you, go, bring grain for the scarcity of food of your houses.

Genesis 42:31

“But we said to him, ‘We are trustworthy, we are not spies.

Genesis 43:7

And they said, “The man kept asking about us and our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ And we informed him according to these words. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

John 7:18

“He who speaks from himself is seeking his own esteem, but He who seeks the esteem of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

2 Corinthians 6:4

Rather, we commend ourselves as servants of Elohim in every way: in much endurance, in pressures, in hardships, in distresses,