Genesis 42:31
But we said to him,‘We are honest men; we are not spies!
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- Gen 42:11 : 11 We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”
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- Gen 42:9-168 verses90%
9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them,“You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”
10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
11We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”
12“No,” he insisted,“but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
14But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!
15You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
16One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
- Gen 42:29-302 verses84%
29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.
- Gen 42:32-343 verses82%
32We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
- Gen 43:3-75 verses76%
3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.
5But if you will not send him, we won’t go down there because the man said to us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’”
6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
- Gen 44:7-82 verses74%
7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
- Gen 44:24-274 verses73%
24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25“Then our father said,‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
27“Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
- Gen 42:19-213 verses73%
19If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.
20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
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17The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:
- Gen 43:20-223 verses72%
20They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
21But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money– the full amount– in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it.
22We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”
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14The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”
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20We said to my lord,‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
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32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
- 1 Sam 25:15-162 verses69%
15These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field.
16Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.
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22We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
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14You must not say,‘No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war, or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls, or starve for lack of food.’
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16Judah replied,“What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord’s slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”
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18But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said,“We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”
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5They answered Jeremiah,“May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the LORD your God sends you to tell us to do.
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18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”