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


In Context

5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he 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 knew not him.

9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land have ye come.

10 And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food have 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 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 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.