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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 42:12

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he said unto them, nay, etc.] This argument will not do, I am not to be put off with such words as these; if you can produce no better proof of your being honest men than this, or give no better account of yourselves, I must abide by it, that, to see the nakedness of the land ye are come; this he urged in order to get a further account from them of their family and the state of it, which he was anxious to know.
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