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31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies! 32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father.[a] One is no longer alive,[b] and the youngest is with our father at this time[c] in the land of Canaan.’

33 “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain[d] for your hungry households and go.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 42:32 tn Heb “twelve [were] we, brothers, sons of our father [are] we.”
  2. Genesis 42:32 tn Heb “the one is not.”
  3. Genesis 42:32 tn Heb “today.”
  4. Genesis 42:33 tn The word “grain” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.