Genesis 42:31
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And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

true.

Genesis 42:11 We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

Context
Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan
30The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country. 31And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.32We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:11
We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

Genesis 42:32
We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.

Lexicon
But we told
וַנֹּ֥אמֶר (wan·nō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

him,
אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

‘We
אֲנָ֑חְנוּ (’ă·nā·ḥə·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 587: We

are
הָיִ֖ינוּ (hā·yî·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

honest men,
כֵּנִ֣ים (kê·nîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

spies.
מְרַגְּלִֽים׃ (mə·rag·gə·lîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7270: To walk along, to reconnoiter, to be a, tale-bearer, to lead about


Additional Translations
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:

And we said to him, We are men of peace, we are not spies.

And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.

and we say unto him, We are right men, we have not been spies,
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