Genesis 42:23 - Easy To Read Version

Joseph was using an interpreter to talk to his brothers. So the brothers did not know that Joseph understood their language. But Joseph heard and understood everything they said.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

Common English Bible

They didn’t know that Joseph was listening to them because they were using an interpreter.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

And they knew not that Joseph understood; because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

Genesis 42:23 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 11:7

So let’s go down and confuse their language. Then they will not understand each other.”

Genesis 42:22

Then Reuben said to them, “I told you not to do anything bad to that boy. But you refused to listen to me. So now we are being punished for his death.”

Genesis 42:24

{Their words made Joseph very sad.} So Joseph left them and cried. After a short time, Joseph went back to them. He took Simeon, one of the brothers, and tied him while the other brothers watched.

Genesis 45:12

Joseph told his brothers, “Surely you can see that I really am Joseph. Even my brother Benjamin knows it is me, your brother, talking to you.