Génesis 42:11

11 Todos nosotros somos hijos de un mismo padre; somos hombres honrados, tus siervos no son espías.

Génesis 42:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:11

We [are] all one man's sons
Therefore not likely to be spies; it could hardly be thought that a single family should engage in such an affair; or that one man would, send his sons as spies, and especially all of them, it being a dangerous affair, and they being liable to be taken up and put to death; and as more families than one must be concerned in such an enterprise, it is reasonable to suppose, that if they had been spies they would have been of different families, and also not together, but in different parts of the kingdom, to observe the fittest place to enter in at and execute their design: we [are] true [men]:
that spoke truth when they said they came to buy corn; were honest, upright, and sincere in what they said, nor would they, nor durst they, tell a lie: thy servants are no spies;
this they expressed in the strongest terms, and with the fullest assurance they could, detesting the charge and character of being spies.

Génesis 42:11 In-Context

9 José se acordó de los sueños que había tenido acerca de ellos, y les dijo: Sois espías; habéis venido para ver las partes indefensas de nuestra tierra.

10 Entonces ellos le dijeron: No, señor mío, sino que tus siervos han venido para comprar alimentos.

11 Todos nosotros somos hijos de un mismo padre; somos hombres honrados, tus siervos no son espías.

12 Pero él les dijo: No, sino que habéis venido para ver las partes indefensas de nuestra tierra.

13 Mas ellos dijeron: Tus siervos son doce hermanos, hijos del mismo padre en la tierra de Canaán; y he aquí, el menor está hoy con nuestro padre, y el otro ya no existe.