Genesis 42:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

Common English Bible

They didn’t know that Joseph was listening to them because they were using an interpreter.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But they did not know that Joseph understood, because he was speaking to them through an interpreter.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they knew not that Joseph understood; because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

Genesis 42:23 Cross References

Genesis 11:7

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.

Genesis 42:24

And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

Genesis 45:12

And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

2 Corinthians 5:20

We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.