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Genesis 42:23
And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.
Genesis 42:23 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 42:23 in other translations
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
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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 anguish 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 binding 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.
26 But they having loaded their asses with the corn went their way.
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