A moment in scripture
Genesis 42:31
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And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
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The surrounding passage
- Genesis 42:29
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
- Genesis 42:30
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
- Genesis 42:32
We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 42:33
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.