Genesis Chapter 42 verse 31 Holy Bible
And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:
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And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;
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And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
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And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
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And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:
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We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.
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and we say unto him, We `are' right men, we have not been spies,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBut we toldוַנֹּ֥אמֶר (wan·nō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common pluralStrong's 559: To utter, sayhim,אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's 413: Near, with, among, to‘Weאֲנָ֑חְנוּ (’ă·nā·ḥə·nū)Pronoun - first person common pluralStrong's 587: Weareהָיִ֖ינוּ (hā·yî·nū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common pluralStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, behonest men,כֵּנִ֣ים (kê·nîm)Adjective - masculine pluralStrong's 3651: So -- thusnotלֹ֥א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nospies.מְרַגְּלִֽים׃ (mə·rag·gə·lîm)Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine pluralStrong's 7270: To walk along, to reconnoiter, to be a, tale-bearer, to lead aboutJump to PreviousDesigns Evil Honest Right Spies True. Upright
