Genesis 42:11

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We are all sons of one man. We are honest men; your servants are not spies.'

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  • Gen 42:19 : 19 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
  • Gen 42:33-34 : 33 'Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, "This is how I will know if you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me and take food for your starving households and go. 34 Bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will release your brother to you, and you may trade in the land."'
  • John 7:18 : 18 The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of the One who sent him is truthful, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
  • 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,

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  • Gen 42:29-34
    6 verses
    90%

    29 When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

    30 They said, 'The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.'

    31 'But we said to him, "We are honest men, not spies.

    32 "We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan."'

    33 'Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, "This is how I will know if you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me and take food for your starving households and go.

    34 Bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will release your brother to you, and you may trade in the land."'

  • Gen 42:9-10
    2 verses
    85%

    9 Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come to see the weakness of the land.'

    10 But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.

  • Gen 42:12-16
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    83%

    12 But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'

    13 And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.'

    14 But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

    15 This is how you will be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.'

    16 Send one of you to bring your brother; the rest of you will stay in prison. This will test whether your words are true. If not, then by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies.'

  • Gen 44:7-9
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    75%

    7 But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

    8 "Look, we even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

    9 "If any of your servants is found with it, he will die, and we will also become my lord's slaves."

  • Gen 42:19
    72%

    19 If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

  • Josh 2:17
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    17 The men said to her, "We will be free from this oath you made us swear

  • Josh 2:14
    72%

    14 The men said to her, "Our lives for your lives! If you don't tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the LORD gives us the land."

  • Gen 50:18
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    18 Then his brothers also came, bowed down before him, and said, 'We are your servants.'

  • Gen 43:7
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    7 They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

  • Num 31:49
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    49 and said to Moses, 'Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.'

  • Gen 44:26-27
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    26 But we said, 'We cannot go down unless our youngest brother is with us. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

    27 Then your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.'

  • Gen 43:20
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    20 They said, "Please, my lord, we came down here before to buy food.

  • Neh 9:36
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    36 Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

  • Gen 44:24
    70%

    24 When we went back to your servant, my father, we told him the words of my lord.

  • Gen 46:32
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    32 The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Gen 42:21
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    21 They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.'

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    8 They replied to Joshua, “We are your servants.” But Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”

  • Gen 44:16
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    16 Judah replied, "What can we say to my lord? How can we speak or justify ourselves? God has uncovered the guilt of your servants. Here we are, my lord's slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup was found."

  • Gen 44:19-20
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    19 My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'"

    20 And we answered my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him.'"

  • Gen 47:18-19
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    18 When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said, 'We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and our livestock has been given to you. There is nothing left for our lord but our bodies and our land.'

    19 'Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.'

  • Gen 47:3-4
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    3 Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers, 'What is your occupation?' and they replied to Pharaoh, 'Your servants are shepherds, just as our fathers were.'

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  • Gen 43:22
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    22 We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don't know who put our silver in our sacks."

  • Josh 9:11
    68%

    11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: We are your servants; now make a treaty with us.’

  • Deut 1:22
    68%

    22 Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land and bring back a report about the route we should take and the cities we will come to.'

  • 1 Sam 25:16
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    16 They were a wall of protection around us, both night and day, the whole time we were with them tending the sheep.

  • Gen 44:32
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    32 For your servant took responsibility for the boy before my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.'