Genesis 42:23
“And they knew not that Ioseph vnderstood them: for hee spake vnto them by an interpreter.”
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Genesis 42:23 Context
21¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guiltie concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare: therefore is this distresse come vpon vs. 22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not vnto you, saying, Doe not sinne against the childe, and ye would not heare? therefore behold also, his blood is required. 23And they knew not that Ioseph vnderstood them: for hee spake vnto them by an interpreter. 24And hee turned himselfe about from them and wept, and returned to them againe, and communed with them, and tooke from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 25¶ Then Ioseph commanded to fill their sackes with corne, and to restore euery mans money into his sacke, and to giue them prouision for the way: and thus did he vnto them.
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And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
- King James Version
They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.
- Basic English Bible
And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
- Darby Bible
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.
- Webster's Bible
They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
- World English Bible
And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible