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Genesis 42:23

NETBible	(Now¹ they did not know that Joseph could understand them,² for he was speaking through an interpreter.)³
NIV © biblegateway Gen 42:23	They did not realise that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 42:23	They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 42:23	Of course, they didn’t know that Joseph understood them as he was standing there, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 42:23	Joseph had been using an interpreter, so they didn't know that Joseph was understanding every word.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 42:23	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 42:23	They did not know that Joseph understood them, since he spoke with them through an interpreter.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 42:23	But they did not know that Joseph understood them , for he spoke to them through an interpreter.
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KJV	And they knew <03045> (8804) not that Joseph <03130> understood <08085> (8802) [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter <03887> (8688)_. {he spake...: Heb. an interpreter was between them}
NASB © biblegateway Gen 42:23	They did not know <03045> , however, that Joseph <03130> understood <08085> , for there was an interpreter <03917> between <0996> them.
LXXM	autoi <846> D-NPM de <1161> PRT ouk <3364> ADV hdeisan {V-YAI-3P} oti <3754> CONJ akouei <191> V-PAI-3S iwshf <2501> N-PRI o <3588> T-NSM gar <1063> PRT ermhneuthv {N-NSM} ana <303> PREP meson <3319> A-ASM autwn <846> D-GPM hn <1510> V-IAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	(Now they <01992> did not <03808> know <03045> that <03588> Joseph <03130> could understand <08085> them, for <03588> he was speaking <03887> through <0996> an interpreter <03887> .)
HEBREW	Mtnyb <0996> Uylmh <03887> yk <03588> Powy <03130> ems <08085> yk <03588> wedy <03045> al <03808> Mhw (42:23) <01992>

NETBible

(Now¹ they did not know that Joseph could understand them,² for he was speaking through an interpreter.)³

NET Notes

¹tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information that is important to the story.

²tn “was listening.” The brothers were not aware that Joseph could understand them as they spoke the preceding words in their native language.

³tn Heb “for [there was] an interpreter between them.” On the meaning of the word here translated “interpreter” see HALOT 590 s.v. מֵלִיץ and M. A. Canney, “The Hebrew melis (Prov IX 12; Gen XLII 2-3),” AJSL 40 (1923/24): 135-37.