Genesis Chapter 42 verse 12 Holy Bible
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
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And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.
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And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
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And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
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And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land have ye come.
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He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land."
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and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“No,”לֹ֕א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nohe toldוַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, saythem.אֲלֵהֶ֑ם (’ă·lê·hem)Preposition | third person masculine pluralStrong's 413: Near, with, among, to“You have comeבָּאתֶ֥ם (bā·ṯem)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, goto seeלִרְאֽוֹת׃ (lir·’ō·wṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 7200: To seeif our landהָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 776: Earth, land[is] vulnerable.”עֶרְוַ֥ת (‘er·waṯ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 6172: NakednessJump to PreviousExposed Nakedness Parts Places Poor Undefended Unprotected Weakness