Genesis 42:11 KJV
We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
Thou and Ye
- thy one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Joseph's treatment of his brethrenJoseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had...
Cross References
- Genesis 42:19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
- Genesis 42:33–34 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: …
- John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
- 2 Corinthians 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
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Topics
- Accusation, false Against Joseph’s brethren by Joseph
- Benjamin Taken into Egypt
- Commerce Egyptians
- Deception Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
- Dissembling Joseph
- Exports Of corn (grain)
- Falsehood Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers
- Hypocrisy Joseph’s deceiving his brothers
- Joseph His father sends down into Egypt to buy corn (grain)
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1745–1635 BC · Joseph
Hebrew and Strong’s
- We נָחְנוּ noḥnû נַחְנוּ Pronoun · first person common plural
- all one כֻּלָּנוּ kullānû Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common plural אֶחָד ʾeḥād אֶחָד Number · masculine singular
- man's אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
- sons בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
- we are true כֵּנִים kēnîm כֵּן Adjective · masculine plural אֲנַחְנוּ ʾănaḥnû Pronoun · first person common plural
- thy servants הָיוּ hāyû Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural עֲבָדֶיךָ ʿăbādêkā עֶבֶד Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- are no spies לֹא lōʾ Negative מְרַגְּלִים mĕraggĕlîm רָגַל Verb · piel active participle, masculine plural
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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