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


In Context

5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, |Where did you come from?| They said, |From the land of Canaan to buy food.|

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

9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, |You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.|

10 They said to him, |No, my lord, but 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 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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