Genesis 42:31
King James VersionSource notes
“And we said unto him, We true we are no spies:”
Context
28And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, even in my sack: and their heart failed and they were afraid, saying one to another, What this God hath done unto us?
29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
30The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
31And we said unto him, We true we are no spies:
32We twelve brethren, sons of our father; one not, and the youngest this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye true leave one of your brethren with me, and take the famine of your households, and be gone:
34And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye no spies, but ye true will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.