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12 “Yes, you are,” he insisted. “You have come to see how weak we are.”

13 “Sir,” they said, “there are twelve of us brothers, and our father is in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is there with our father, and one of our brothers is dead.”

14 “So?” Joseph asked. “What does that prove?[a] You are spies.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 42:14 What does that prove? literally, “It is as I said: you are spies.”

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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