Genesis 42:30-32
New English Translation
30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us[a] as if we were[b] spying on the land. 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.[c] One is no longer alive,[d] and the youngest is with our father at this time[e] in the land of Canaan.’
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- Genesis 42:30 tn Heb “made us.”
- Genesis 42:30 tn The words “if we were” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Genesis 42:32 tn Heb “twelve [were] we, brothers, sons of our father [are] we.”
- Genesis 42:32 tn Heb “the one is not.”
- Genesis 42:32 tn Heb “today.”
Genesis 42:30-32
New International Version
30 “The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us(A) and treated us as though we were spying on the land.(B) 31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.(C) 32 We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan.’(D)
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