Genesis 42:12

12 "No!" he said to them. "You have come to see the places where our land isn't guarded very well."

Genesis 42:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:12

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.

Genesis 42:12 In-Context

10 "No, sir," they answered. "We've come to buy food.

11 All of us are the sons of one man. We're honest men. We aren't spies."

12 "No!" he said to them. "You have come to see the places where our land isn't guarded very well."

13 But they replied, "We were 12 brothers. All of us were the sons of one man. He lives in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is now with our father. And one brother is gone."

14 Joseph said to them, "I still say you are spies!