Genesis 42:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We're honest men, and we come from the same family—we're not spies.”

Cross References

Genesis 42:12

“That isn't so!” Joseph insisted. “You've come here to find out where our country is weak.”

Genesis 42:16

Choose one of you to go after your brother, while the rest of you stay here in jail. That will show whether you are telling the truth. But if you are lying, I swear by the life of the king that you are spies!

Genesis 42:19

If you are honest men, one of you must stay here in jail, and the rest of you can take the grain back to your starving families.

Genesis 42:31

But we told him, “We're honest men, not spies.

Genesis 43:7

They answered, “He asked a lot of questions about us and our family. He wanted to know if you were still alive and if we had any more brothers. All we could do was answer his questions. How could we know he would tell us to bring along our brother?”

John 7:18

If I wanted to bring honour to myself, I would speak for myself. But I want to honour the one who sent me. That is why I tell the truth and not a lie.

2 Corinthians 6:4

But in everything and in every way we show that we truly are God's servants. We have always been patient, though we have had a lot of trouble, suffering, and hard times.