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Genesis 42:32

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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.

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  1. Genesis 42:30

    The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

  2. Genesis 42:31

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

  3. 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:

  4. Genesis 42:34

    And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.