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Genesis 42:31
And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.
Genesis 42:31 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 42:31 in other translations
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
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In context
28 And said to his brethren: My money is given me again; behold it is in the sack. And they were astonished, and troubled, and said to one another: What is this that God hath done unto us?
29 And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:
30 The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.
31 And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.
32 We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.
33 And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways,
34 And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may know you are not spies: and you may receive this man again, that is kept in prison: and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will.
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