Génesis 42:11

11 Todos nosotros somos hijos de un mismo padre, y además somos gente honrada. ¡Sus siervos no somos 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 En ese momento se acordó José de los sueños que había tenido acerca de ellos, y les dijo:—¡De seguro ustedes son espías, y han venido para investigar las zonas desprotegidas del país!

10 —¡No, señor! —respondieron—. Sus siervos hemos venido a comprar alimento.

11 Todos nosotros somos hijos de un mismo padre, y además somos gente honrada. ¡Sus siervos no somos espías!

12 —¡No es verdad! —insistió José—. Ustedes han venido para investigar las zonas desprotegidas del país.

13 Pero ellos volvieron a responder:—Nosotros, sus siervos, éramos doce hermanos, todos hijos de un mismo padre que vive en Canaán. El menor se ha quedado con nuestro padre, y el otro ya no vive.