Catholic Public Domain Version
"But they did not know that Joseph understood, because he was speaking to them through an interpreter. "
— Genesis 42:23, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
And bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may be able to test your words, and you may not die.” They did as he had said,
and they spoke to one another: “We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he begged us and we would not listen. For that reason, this tribulation has come upon us.”
And Reuben, one of them, said: “Did not I say to you, ‘Do not sin against the boy,’ and you would not listen to me? See, his blood is exacted.”
But they did not know that Joseph understood, because he was speaking to them through an interpreter.
And he turned himself away briefly and wept. And returning, he spoke to them.
And taking Simeon, and binding him in their presence, he ordered his ministers to fill their sacks with wheat, and to replace each one’s money in their sacks, and to give them, in addition, provisions for the way. And they did so.
Then, having loaded their donkeys with the grain, they set out.