Berean Standard Bible

Genesis 42:31

“But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.”

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²⁹When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:

³⁰“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

³¹But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

³²We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

³³Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.

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