Genesis - 42:12

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12 He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!"

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 42:12.

Differing Translations

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And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.
And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
And he answered them: "It is otherwise. You have come to examine the unguarded parts of this land."
Et dixit illis, Nequaquam: sed nuditatem terrae venistis ad videndum.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he said unto them, nay,.... This argument will not do, I am not to be put off with such words as these; if you can produce no better proof of your being honest men than this, or give no better account of yourselves, I must abide by it, that:
to see the nakedness of the land ye are come; this he urged in order to get a further account from them of their family and the state of it, which he was anxious to know.

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