Genesis 42:11 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 42:11

We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Ephrem the Syrian

COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 36:4 (373)

They answered and said, "We do not even know the Egyptian language so that, by speaking Egyptian, we might escape notice and deceive the Egyptians. That we dwell in the land of Canaan you can learn from our offering.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

We are all one man’s sons - We do not belong to different tribes, and it is not likely that one family would make a hostile attempt upon a whole kingdom. This seems to be the very ground that Joseph took, viz., that they were persons belonging to different tribes.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Ye are spies--This is a suspicion entertained regarding strangers in all Eastern countries down to the present day. Joseph, however, who was well aware that his brethren were not spies, has been charged with cruel dissimulation, with a deliberate violation of what he knew to be the truth, in imputing to them such a character.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֻּלָּ֕נוּ	ku.La.nu	all of us	H3605 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[are] sons of	H1121 →
אִישׁ־	'ish-	a man	H376 →
אֶחָ֖ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
נָ֑חְנוּ	Na.che.nu	we	H5168 →
כֵּנִ֣ים	ke.Nim	[are] honest	H3651 →
אֲנַ֔חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	we	H587 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הָי֥וּ	ha.Yu	they are	H1961 →
עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ	'a.va.Dei.kha	servants your	H5650 →
מְרַגְּלִֽים׃	me.ra.ge.Lim	spies	H7270 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 6:4
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 12:10
  That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8
  We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- 2 Corinthians 11:27
  in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11–12
  To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
Through
John 7:18
He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
leads to
- John 5:41
  I do not accept glory from men,
- John 13:31–32
  When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
- 1 Corinthians 10:31–33
  So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- Philippians 2:3–5
  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

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06About Genesis

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Genesis