KJV King James Version
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 42:8
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
WEB World English Bible
Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,
Surrounding context — Genesis 42
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 down themselves before him [with] their faces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto 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 unto them, Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We [are] all one man’s sons; we [are] true [men], thy servants are no spies.
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John 21:4But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.Genesis 37:2These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad [was] with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.John 20:14And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.Luke 24:16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
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