Genesis 42:23

New King James Version

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

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, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us.”

Genesis 42:24

And he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

Genesis 45:12

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

2 Corinthians 5:20

Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.