American King James Version
"And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter. "
— Genesis 42:23, American King James Version
“And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.”
“And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them. ”
“They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.”
“(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)”
“And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.”
“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.”
“And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.”
But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so. ¶
And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he sought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come on us.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. ¶
Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he to them.
And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed there.