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Genesis 42:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies. "
Genesis 42:31
Verse in Context
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29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
31 We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
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Genesis 42:1
"Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”"
Genesis 42:2
"He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”"
Genesis 42:3
"Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt."
Genesis 42:4
"But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”"
Genesis 42:5
"The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 42:6
"Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth."
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