American Standard Version
"And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them. "
— Genesis 42:23, American Standard Version
“And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.”
“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.”
and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
And 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.
And 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.
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
And 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.
Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus was it done unto them.
And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.