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Genesis 42:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
Genesis 42:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 Now Joseph was governor of the land, who sold to all the people of the land: then Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed their faces to the ground before him.
7 And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and [a]made himself strange toward them, and spake to them roughly, and said unto them, Whence come ye? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to buy vittles.
8 (Now Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
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- Genesis 42:7 This dissembling is not to be followed, nor any particular facts of the fathers not approved by God’s word.
Genesis 42:6-8
New International Version
Genesis 42:6-8
New International Version
6 Now Joseph was the governor of the land,(A) the person who sold grain to all its people.(B) So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.(C) 7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them.(D) “Where do you come from?”(E) he asked.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.(F)
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