Genesis 42:23
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.In other versions
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
ASV
They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.
BBE
And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
DBY
They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
WEB
And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter `is' between them;
YLT
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke unto them by an interpreter.
ENG
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.
WBT
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
BSB
In context
21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Joseph