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Genesis 42:8
Genesis 42:8 is verse 8 of Genesis chapter 42, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
King James Version
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
World English Bible
Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
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Genesis 42:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
7 And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9 Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
10 “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 24:16But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
John 20:14When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.
John 21:4Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.