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Genesis 42:23
Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt
22And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.24And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.
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Berean Standard Bible
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
American Standard Version (1901)
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
Bible in Basic English
They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.
Free Bible Version
They didn't realize that Joseph understood what they were saying because they were talking to him through an interpreter.
Geneva Bible 1599
(And they were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.)
King James (Authorized) Version
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
One Unity Resource Bible
They didn’t know that Joseph [May he add] sh'ma ·hear understand obey· them; for there was an interpreter between them.
Translation for Translators
While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through ◄an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language►, but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying.
Unlocked Literal Bible
They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.
Noah Webster Bible
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.
World English Bible
They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
Young's Literal Translation
And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;