²⁴ `And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;

²⁹ And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

³⁰ `The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

³¹ and we say unto him, We `are' right men, we have not been spies,

³² we `are' twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one `is' to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

³³ `And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye `are' right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and `for' the famine of your houses take ye and go,

³⁴ and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye `are' not spies, but ye `are' right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'