Genesis 42:29-31
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
29 And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:
30 The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.
31 And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.
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Genesis 42:29-31
New International Version
29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan,(A) they told him all that had happened to them.(B) They said, 30 “The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us(C) and treated us as though we were spying on the land.(D) 31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.(E)
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