Genesis Chapter 42 verse 8 Holy Bible
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
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Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.
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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
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Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.
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And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. The lapse of time since the tragedy of Dothan, twenty years before, the high position occupied by Joseph, the Egyptian manners he had by this time assumed, and the strange tongue m which he conversed with them, all conspired to prevent Jacob's sons from recognizing their younger brother; while the facts that Joseph's brethren were all grown men when he had last looked upon them, that he was quite familiar with their appearances, and that he perfectly understood their speech, would account for his almost instantaneous detection of them.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) Joseph knew.--As this is twice repeated, some suppose that Joseph (in Genesis 42:7) had only a suspicion, from their dress and appearance, that these Canaanites were his brethren; but that when they spake the Hebrew tongue (comp. Genesis 42:23), every doubt was removed. They would not recognize him, as he used the Egyptian language, was clad in a white linen dress, and being but seventeen when sold, had during the twenty years of separation changed in appearance much more than they had.
