8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.


In Context

5 So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 And Joseph, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold the corn to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.

8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.

9 And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.

10 And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

Genesis 42:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:8Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:8And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:8And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:8And Joseph knew his brothers, but they knew not him.