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Genesis 42:7

Genesis chapter 42 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

Context

v.6And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

v.7This passage

v.8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 42:19

    if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:

  • Genesis 42:30

    The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

  • Genesis 42:9

    And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

  • Matthew 15:23

    But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

  • Genesis 42:14

    And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: