When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognised them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. ‘Where do you come from? ’ he asked. ‘From the land of Canaan to buy food,’ they replied.
and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice, saying, ‘My father made your yoke heavy, , but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.’