12 “No,” he said to them. “You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

13 But they replied, “We, your servants, were twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now[a] with our father, and one is no longer living.”

14 Then Joseph said to them, “I have spoken:[b] ‘You are spies!’

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Footnotes

  1. 42:13 Or today, also in v. 32
  2. 42:14 Lit “That which I spoke to you saying:

12 “No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”(A)

13 But they replied, “Your servants(B) were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan.(C) The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”(D)

14 Joseph said to them, “It is just as I told you: You are spies!(E)

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