Bible Cross References
we told him
Genesis 42:29-34
29
Then they went to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying:
30
"The man [who is] lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
31
"But we said to him, 'We [are] honest [men;] we are not spies.
32
'We [are] twelve brothers, sons of our father; one [is] no [more,] and the youngest [is] with our father this day in the land of Canaan.'
33
"Then the man, the lord of the country, said to us, 'By this I will know that you [are] honest [men:] Leave one of your brothers [here] with me, take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone.
34
'And bring your youngest brother to me; so I shall know that you [are] not spies, but [that] you [are] honest [men.] I will grant your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.' "