Genesis 42:23

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

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

Genesis 42:23 — American Standard Version

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Context — Genesis 42

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20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.

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

24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

25Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man`s money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way: and thus was it done unto them.

26And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

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