Genesis 42:11
What does Genesis 42:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 42:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
KJV
King James Version · 1611We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862we <FI>are<Fi> all of us sons of one man, we <FI>are<Fi> right men; thy servants have not been spies;'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 7:18
He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
- Genesis 42:19
if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:
- 2 Corinthians 6:4
but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
- Genesis 42:33
And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way;
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