Genesis 42:31
Good News Translation
'We are not spies,' we answered, 'we are honest men.

Contemporary English Version
But we told him, "We're honest men, not spies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

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And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

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Genesis 42:11 We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

Context
Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan
30The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country. 31And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.32We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:11
We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

Genesis 42:32
We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.

Additional Translations
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:

And we said to him, We are men of peace, we are not spies.

And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.

and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies,
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