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Genesis 42:31
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29 Then they went to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying:
30 “The man who is lord of the land aspoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.  
31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.
32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is with our father this day in the land of Canaan.’
33 Then the man, the lord of the country, said to us, a‘By this I will know that you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, take food for the famine of your households, and be gone.  
Verse Comparison: Genesis 42:31

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American Standard Version
And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:

Amplified® Bible
And we said to him, We are true men, not spies.

Contemporary English Version
But we told him, "We're honest men, not spies.

Darby English Version
And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

Good News Bible
'We are not spies,' we answered, 'we are honest men.

King James Version
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

New American Standard Bible
"But we said to him, `We are honest men; we are not spies.

New International Version
But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.

New King James Version
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But we said to him, 'We proclaim ourselves as honest men; we have not spied.

Revised Standard Version
But we said to him, 'We are honest men, we are not spies;

Young's Literal Translation
and we say unto him, We `are' right men, we have not been spies,

New English Translation
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies!


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