Genesis 42:23 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

Common English Bible

²³ They didn’t know that Joseph was listening to them because they were using an interpreter.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ 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

²³ And they knew not that Joseph understood; because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

English Standard Version 2016

²³ They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.

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, behold, also his blood is required.

Genesis 42:24

And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, 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

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.