Bible in Basic English
"We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose."
— Genesis 42:11, Bible in Basic English
Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.
Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.
And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.
We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.
And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.
Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.
And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;