Genesis 42:11
We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
Genesis 42:11 in other translations
| BSB | We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.” |
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| WEB | We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.” |
| ASV | We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. |
| YLT | we are all of us sons of one man, we are right men; thy servants have not been spies;' |
| DARBY | We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies. |
| BBE | We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose. |
| Webster | We are all one man's sons; we are true men; thy servants are no spies. |
What does Genesis 42:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 42:9-14
9-14. Ye are spies--This is a suspicion entertained regarding strangers in all Eastern countries down to the present day. Joseph, however, who was well aware that his brethren were not spies, has been charged with cruel dissimulation, with a deliberate violation of what he knew to be the truth, in imputing to them such a character. But it must be remembered that he was sustaining the part of a ruler; and, in fact…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 42:7-20
Joseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had made away with him, and he gave them occasion to speak of their father and brother. God, in his providence, sometimes seems harsh with those he loves, and speaks roughly to those for whom yet he has great mercy in store. Joseph settled at last, that one of them…
Genesis 42:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 42:11
- 2 Corinthians 6:4
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
- Genesis 42:19
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
- Genesis 42:33-34
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: 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.
- John 7:18
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
true men.
19,33,34; Joh 7:18; 2Co 6:4
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Context
- Genesis 42:10
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
- Genesis 42:11
We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
- Genesis 42:12
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Genesis 42:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todos nosotros somos hijos de un varón: somos hombres de verdad: tus siervos nunca fueron espías. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Nous sommes tous fils d’un seul homme; nous sommes d’honnêtes gens; tes serviteurs ne sont pas des espions. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wir alle sind eines Mannes Söhne; wir sind redlich, deine Knechte sind nicht Kundschafter. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnes filii unius viri sumus: pacifici venimus, nec quidquam famuli tui machinantur mali. |