Genesis 42:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

We are all one mans sonnes, and meane truely, and thy seruauntes are no spyes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 42:19 : 19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bonde in the house of your pryson: and go ye, carry corne to put away the famine from your housholde.
  • Gen 42:33-34 : 33 And the Lorde of the countrey sayde agayne vnto vs, Hereby shall I know that ye meane truely: leaue one of your brethren here with me, and take foode to put away the famine fro your householdes, and get you away. 34 And bring your youngest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that you are no spyes, but meane truely: so wyll I deliuer you your brother, and ye shall occupie in the lande.
  • John 7:18 : 18 He that speaketh of hym selfe, seketh his owne praise: But he that seketh his praise that sent hym, the same is true, & no vnryghteousnes is in hym.
  • 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as ye ministers of God, in much pacience, in afflictions, in necessities, in anguisshes,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:29-34
    6 verses
    90%

    29And they came vnto Iacob their father, vnto the lande of Chanaan, & tolde him all that befell vnto them, saying:

    30The man, euen the Lord of the lande, spake roughly to vs, and toke vs for spyes of the countrey.

    31And we sayd vnto him: we meane truely, we neuer were spyes.

    32We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is away, and the youngest is this day with our father in the lande of Chanaan.

    33And the Lorde of the countrey sayde agayne vnto vs, Hereby shall I know that ye meane truely: leaue one of your brethren here with me, and take foode to put away the famine fro your householdes, and get you away.

    34And bring your youngest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that you are no spyes, but meane truely: so wyll I deliuer you your brother, and ye shall occupie in the lande.

  • Gen 42:9-10
    2 verses
    85%

    9And Ioseph remembred his dreames whiche he dreamed of them, and sayde vnto them: ye are spyes, and to see where the lande is weake, is your commyng.

    10And they sayde vnto hym: nay my Lord, but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come.

  • Gen 42:12-16
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    83%

    12And he sayde vnto them agayne: nay but euen to see where the lande is weake, is your comming.

    13And they said: we thy seruauntes are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Chanaan, and beholde, the youngest is this day with our father, & one, no man woteth where he is.

    14And Ioseph saide vnto them: that is it that I spake vnto you when I sayd, ye are spyes.

    15Hereby ye shalbe proued: by the lyfe of Pharao, ye shall not go hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

    16Sende out one of you, whiche may fet your brother, and ye shalbe kept in pryson, that your wordes may be proued whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the lyfe of Pharao, ye are but spyes.

  • Gen 44:7-9
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    75%

    7And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so.

    8Beholde the money which we founde in our sackes mouthes, we brought agayne vnto thee, out of the land of Chanaan: howe then shoulde we steale out of thy Lordes house eyther siluer or golde?

    9With whomsoeuer of thy seruauntes it be founde, let him dye, and we also wyll be my Lordes bondmen.

  • Gen 42:19
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    19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bonde in the house of your pryson: and go ye, carry corne to put away the famine from your housholde.

  • Josh 2:17
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    17And the men sayde vnto her: We wyl be blamelesse of this thy oth which thou hast made vs sweare:

  • Josh 2:14
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    14And the men aunswered her: Our lyues for you to dye, yf ye vtter not this our busynesse. And when the Lorde hath geuen vs the lande, we wyll deale mercyfully and truely with thee.

  • Gen 50:18
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    18Also his brethren came vnto hym, and fell flat before his face, saying: beholde, we be thy seruauntes.

  • Gen 43:7
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    7They aunswered, The man asked vs straytely of our state and of our kinrede, saying: Is your father yet aliue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde hym accordyng to the tenour of these wordes: Could we by any meane knowe, that he would say, bryng your brother downe with you?

  • Num 31:49
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    49And sayde vnto Moyses: Thy seruauntes haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our aucthoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs:

  • Gen 44:26-27
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    70%

    26And we aunswered, we can not go downe: neuerthelesse, if our youngest brother be with vs, then wyll we go downe, for we may not see the mans face, except our youngest brother be with vs.

    27And thy seruaunt our father sayd vnto vs: ye knowe that my wyfe bare me two sonnes.

  • Gen 43:20
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    20And sayde: oh sir, we came downe hyther at the fyrst tyme to bye foode.

  • Neh 9:36
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    36Beholde, we are in bondage this day, and so is the lande that thou gauest vnto our fathers to eate the fruites and goodnesse thereof, beholde there are we bondmen.

  • Gen 44:24
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    24And when we came vnto thy seruaunt our father, we shewed hym the wordes of my Lorde.

  • Gen 46:32
    69%

    32And they are shepheardes, for theyr trade hath ben to feede cattell: and they haue brought theyr sheepe and theyr cattell, and all that they haue.

  • Gen 42:21
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    21And one sayde to another: we haue veryly sinned agaynst our brother, in that we sawe the anguishe of his soule, when he besought vs, and we woulde not heare him: and therfore is this trouble come vpon vs.

  • Josh 9:8
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    8And they sayde vnto Iosuah: We are thy seruauntes. And Iosuah sayde vnto them againe: What are ye, & whence come ye?

  • Gen 44:16
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    16Then saide Iuda: what shall we say vnto my lorde? What shall we speake? or howe shall we cleare our selues? God hath founde out the wickednes of thy seruauntes: beholde, we are my lordes seruauntes, both we, yea, and he also with whom the cup is founde.

  • Gen 44:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19My lorde asked his seruauntes, saying: haue ye a father, or a brother?

    20And we aunswered my lorde: we haue a father that is olde, and a young lad, which he begat in his age: and the brother of the sayd lad is dead, and he is all that is left of his mother, and his father loueth him.

  • Gen 47:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18But when that yere was ended, they came vnto hym the next yere, and sayde vnto hym: We wyl not hyde it from my lorde, howe that our money is spent: my lorde also had our heardes of cattel, nether is ther ought left in ye sight of my lorde but euen our bodies & our landes.

    19Wherefore lettest thou vs dye before thine eyes, both we and our lande? bye vs and our land for bread, and both we and our lande wyll be bounde vnto Pharao: onlye geue vs seede, that we may lyue, and not dye, & that the lande go not to waste.

  • Gen 47:3-4
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    3And Pharao sayd vnto his brethren: what is your occupation? And they aunswered Pharao: thy seruauntes are kepers of cattell, both we, and also our fathers.

    4They said moreouer vnto Pharao, for to soiourne in the land are we come, for thy seruaunts haue no pasture for their cattell, so sore is the famishment in the lande of Chanaan: Nowe therefore let thy seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosen.

  • Gen 43:22
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    22And other money haue we brought also in our handes to bye foode: but we can not tell who put our money in our sackes.

  • Josh 9:11
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    11Wherfore our elders and all the enhabitours of our countrey spake to vs, saying: Take vitailes with you to serue by the way, and go meete them, and say vnto them, We are your seruautes: And now make ye a couenaunt of peace with vs.

  • Deut 1:22
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    22And ye came vnto me euery one, and sayde: we wyll sende men before vs, to searche vs out the land, and to bryng vs worde agayne what way we must go vp by, & vnto what cities we shall come.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
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    16They were a wall vnto vs both by night and day, all the while we were with them keping sheepe.

  • Gen 44:32
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    32For I thy seruaunt became suretie for the lad before my father, and saide: If I bryng hym not vnto thee agayne, I shal beare the blame vnto my father all my lyfe long.