American King James Version
"And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies: "
— Genesis 42:31, American King James Version
“And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:”
“And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: ”
“We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.”
“But we said to him,‘We are honest men; we are not spies!”
“And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.”
“And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;”
“And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:”
And he said to his brothers, My money is restored; and, see, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us? ¶
And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell to them; saying,
The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:
We be twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are true men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
And bring your youngest brother to me: then shall I know that you are no spies, but that you are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and you shall traffic in the land. ¶