Genesis 42:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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.

Genesis 42:23 Cross References

Genesis 11:7

Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.”

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the lad? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”

Genesis 42:24

Then he turned away from them and wept; and he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

Genesis 45:12

And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.