23And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.


In Context

20 And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said.

21 And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguished of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us.

22 And Ruben one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy: and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.

23 And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

24 And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning he spoke to them.

25 And taking Simeon, and binking him in their presence, he commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat, and to put every man's money again in their sacks, and to give them besides provisions for the way: and they did so.

Genesis 42:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood [them;] for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:23They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter is between them;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.