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Genesis 42:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 42 · verse 23
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.Genesis 42:23 · King James Version
Genesis 42:23 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understoodshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- knewyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
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Here is, I. The penitent reflection Joseph's brethren made upon the wrong they had formerly done to him, Gen 42:21. They talked the matter over in the Hebrew tongue, not suspecting that Joseph, whom they took for a native of Egypt, understood them, much less that he was the person they spoke of. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-28