Verse 12
Genesis 42:12
Literal Standard Version
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and he says to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land”;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֑ם לֹ֕א כִּֽי עֶרְוַ֥ת הָ/אָ֖רֶץ בָּאתֶ֥ם לִ/רְאֽוֹת
English Translation
And he said to them, "No, for you have come to see the nakedness of the land."
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Chapter 42 Context
1
And Jacob sees that there is grain in Egypt, and Jacob says to his sons, “Why do you look at each ot...
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He also says, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt, go down there, and buy for us from...
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and the ten brothers of Joseph go down to buy grain in Egypt,
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and Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob has not sent with his brothers, for he said, “Lest harm meet h...
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And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine has been in the land...
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and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph’s...
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And Joseph sees his brothers, and discerns them, and makes himself strange to them, and speaks sharp...
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And Joseph discerns his brothers, but they have not discerned him,
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and Joseph remembers the dreams which he dreamed of them and says to them, “You are spies; you have...
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And they say to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food;
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we are all of us sons of one man, we are right men; your servants have not been spies”;
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and he says to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land”;
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and they say, “Your servants are twelve brothers; we are sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and...
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And Joseph says to them, “This is that which I have spoken to you, saying, You are spies,
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by this you are proved: as Pharaoh lives, if you go out from this—except by your young brother comin...
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send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and you, remain bound, and let your words be proved...
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and he gathers them into confinement for three days.
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And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear God (Elohim)!
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If you are right men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your confinement, and you, g...
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and you bring your young brother to me, and your words are established, and you do not die”; and the...
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And they say to one another, “Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distres...
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And Reuben answers them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the boy? And yo...
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And they have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter is between them;
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and he turns around from them, and weeps, and turns back to them, and speaks to them, and takes Sime...
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And Joseph commands, and they fill their vessels with grain, also to put back the money of each of t...
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And they lift up their grain on their donkeys, and go from there,
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and the one opens his sack to give provender to his donkey at a lodging-place, and he sees his money...
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and he says to his brothers, “My money has been put back, and also, behold, in my bag”: and their he...
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And they come to their father Jacob, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things m...
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“The man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;
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and we say to him, We are right men, we have not been spies,
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we are twelve brothers, sons of our father, one is not, and the young one is today with our father i...
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And the man, the lord of the land, says to us, By this I know that you are right men—leave one of yo...
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and bring your young brother to me, and I know that you are not spies, but you are right men; I give...
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And it comes to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and behold, the bundle of each man’s silver is...
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and their father Jacob says to them, “You have bereaved me; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Be...
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And Reuben speaks to his father, saying, “You put to death my two sons, if I do not bring him to you...
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and he says, “My son does not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he by himself is left;...
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