But we said to him, ‘We’re honest. We’ve never been spies.
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
And we said to him, We are true men, not spies.
We told him, ‘We’re honest men, not spies.
And we answered him: 'We are peaceful, and we do not intend any treachery.
And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.
All of us—we are sons of one man. We’re honest. Your servants have never been spies.”
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’