Genesis 42:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ Then Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with faces to the ground. When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he made himself unrecognizable to them. Then he spoke harshly and said to them, “Where have you come from?” “From the land of Canaan,” they said, “to buy grain as food.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Joseph saw his brethren and he recognized them, but he treated them as if he were a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. He said, Where do you come from? And they replied, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Common English Bible

⁷ When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted like he didn’t know them. He spoke to them with a harsh tone and said, “Where have you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ and he had recognized them, he spoke harshly, as if to foreigners, questioning them: "Where did you come from?" And they responded, "From the land of Canaan, to buy necessary provisions."

Genesis 42:7 Cross References

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke with us harshly, and took us as spies of the land.

Genesis 43:33

They were seated before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. The men looked at each other in astonishment.