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Genesis 42:31-33
Common English Bible
Genesis 42:31-33
Common English Bible
31 We told him, ‘We’re honest men, not spies. 32 We are twelve brothers, all our father’s sons. One of us is gone, but the youngest is right now with our father in the land of Canaan.’ 33 The man, the country’s governor, told us, ‘This is how I will know you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers with me, take grain for those in your households who are hungry, and go.
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Genesis 42:31-33
New International Version
Genesis 42:31-33
New International Version
31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.(A) 32 We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan.’(B)
33 “Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.(C)
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