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We are all one man`s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies."
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A Logical Defense
Commentators highlight the strong logic in the brothers' defense. They argue that no single father would risk his entire family by sending all his sons on a dangerous spying mission. Their unity as 'one man's sons' was presented as proof of their honesty, not as a sign of a conspiracy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁבר sheber — “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar — “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).
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19th Century
Anglican
We are all one man’s sons. —Joseph’s brothers had probably expected this accusation, and their answer, as Abravanel point…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
We [are] all one man's sons Therefore not likely to be spies; it could hardly be thought that a single family should enga…
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