Genesis 42:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Yet he saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶר
(vai·yo·mer)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
to them, "No,לֹ֕א
(lo)
3808: nota prim. adverb
but you have comeבָּאתֶ֥ם
(ba·tem)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
to lookלִרְאֹֽות׃
(lir·'o·vt.)
7200: to seea prim. root
at the undefended partsעֶרְוַ֥ת
(er·vat)
6172: nakednessfrom arah
of our land!"הָאָ֖רֶץ
(ha·'a·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And he said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto them Nay but to see
ra'ah  (raw-aw')
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions.
the nakedness
`ervah  (er-vaw')
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish) -- nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
of the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
ye are come
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land!"

King James Bible
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
No," he said to them. "You have come to see the weakness of the land."

International Standard Version
But Joseph kept insisting, "It's just as I've said—you've come here to spy on our unguarded territories!"

NET Bible
"No," he insisted, "but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He said to them, "No! You've come to find out where our country is unprotected."

King James 2000 Bible
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land you are come.
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