Verse 8
Genesis 42:8
Darby Translation
8
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
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
And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon ano...
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And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy [grain] for...
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And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.
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But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may bef...
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So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of C...
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And Joseph, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of th...
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And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly t...
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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
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And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to s...
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And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.
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We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.
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And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
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And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold...
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And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
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By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your you...
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Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be...
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And he put them in custody three days.
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And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God (Elohim).
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If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carr...
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and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die...
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Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we...
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And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye...
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And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
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And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon...
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And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sa...
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And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.
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And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it w...
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And he said to his brethren, My money is returned [to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And th...
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And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen the...
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The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.
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And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
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we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father...
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And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of...
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and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your...
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And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in h...
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And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is n...
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And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him i...
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But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and i...
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