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


In Context

5 So Israel's sons were among those who went to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.

6 Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph's brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. "Where do you come from?" he asked. "From the land of Canaan," they replied, "to buy food."

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

9 Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."

10 "No, my lord," they answered. "Your servants have come to buy food.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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