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Genesis 42:11-13
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11 We 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.”[a] 13 They replied, “Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers.[b] We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time,[c] and one is no longer alive.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 42:12 tn Heb “and he said, ‘No, for the nakedness of the land you have come to see.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 42:13 tn Heb “twelve [were] your servants, brothers [are] we.”
  3. Genesis 42:13 tn Heb “today.”
  4. Genesis 42:13 tn Heb “and the one is not.”
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