Verse 8

Genesis 42:8

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8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn’t recognize him.

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וַ/יַּכֵּ֥ר יוֹסֵ֖ף אֶת אֶחָ֑י/ו וְ/הֵ֖ם לֹ֥א הִכִּרֻֽ/הוּ

English Translation

And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

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Chapter 42 Context

1 When Jacob heard that grain was available in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you standing aroun... Focus ↗

2 I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwis... Focus ↗

3 So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain. Focus ↗

4 But Jacob wouldn’t let Joseph’s younger brother, Benjamin, go with them, for fear some harm might co... Focus ↗

5 So Jacob’s sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well... Focus ↗

6 Since Joseph was governor of all Egypt and in charge of selling grain to all the people, it was to h... Focus ↗

7 Joseph recognized his brothers instantly, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to the... Focus ↗

8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn’t recognize him.

9 And he remembered the dreams he’d had about them many years before. He said to them, “You are spies!... Focus ↗

10 “No, my lord!” they exclaimed. “Your servants have simply come to buy food. Focus ↗

11 We are all brothers — members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!” Focus ↗

12 “Yes, you are!” Joseph insisted. “You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.” Focus ↗

13 “Sir,” they said, “there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a m... Focus ↗

14 But Joseph insisted, “As I said, you are spies! Focus ↗

15 This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt u... Focus ↗

16 One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find o... Focus ↗

17 So Joseph put them all in prison for three days. Focus ↗

18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God (Elohim)-fearing man. If you do as I say, you will... Focus ↗

19 If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may g... Focus ↗

20 But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. This will prove that you are telling the truth,... Focus ↗

21 Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Josep... Focus ↗

22 “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked. “But you wouldn’t listen. And now we h... Focus ↗

23 Of course, they didn’t know that Joseph understood them, for he had been speaking to them through an... Focus ↗

24 Now he turned away from them and began to weep. When he regained his composure, he spoke to them aga... Focus ↗

25 Joseph then ordered his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also gave secret instruc... Focus ↗

26 So the brothers loaded their donkeys with the grain and headed for home. Focus ↗

27 But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he... Focus ↗

28 “Look!” he exclaimed to his brothers. “My money has been returned; it’s here in my sack!” Then their... Focus ↗

29 When the brothers came to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that... Focus ↗

30 “The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him. “He accused us of bei... Focus ↗

31 But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies. Focus ↗

32 We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One brother is no longer with us, and the youngest is at... Focus ↗

33 “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest me... Focus ↗

34 But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spi... Focus ↗

35 As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man’s sack was the bag of money he had paid for the g... Focus ↗

36 Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you wan... Focus ↗

37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. I’l... Focus ↗

38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I ha... Focus ↗

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Book: Genesis
Chapter: Chapter 42 (38 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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