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Genesis 42:11

We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

KJV

Omnes filii unius viri sumus : pacifici venimus, nec quidquam famuli tui machinantur mali.

Vulgate

πάντες ἐσμὲν υἱοὶ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου· εἰρηνικοί ἐσμεν, οὐκ εἰσὶν οἱ παῖδές σου κατάσκοποι.

LXX

We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

ASV

כֻּלָּ֕/נוּ בְּנֵ֥י אִישׁ אֶחָ֖ד נָ֑חְנוּ כֵּנִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ לֹא הָי֥וּ עֲבָדֶ֖י/ךָ מְרַגְּלִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נַ֣חְנוּ
nchnv
pronoun · 5×
רַגֵּ֣ל
rgl
verb · 25×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 6:4 — But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
  • Gen 42:16 — Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
  • Gen 42:19 — If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
  • Gen 43:27 — And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?