Genesis 42:23

Good News Translation

Joseph understood what they said, but they did not know it, because they had been speaking to him through an interpreter.

Cross References

Genesis 11:7

Let us go down and mix up their language so that they will not understand each other.”

Genesis 42:22

Reuben said, “I told you not to harm the boy, but you wouldn't listen. And now we are being paid back for his death.”

Genesis 42:24

Joseph left them and began to cry. When he was able to speak again, he came back, picked out Simeon, and had him tied up in front of them.

Genesis 45:12

Joseph continued, “Now all of you, and you too, Benjamin, can see that I am really Joseph.

2 Corinthians 5:20

Here we are, then, speaking for Christ, as though God himself were making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf: let God change you from enemies into his friends!