Genesis 42:23

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They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

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  • John 16:13-14 : 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me because he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

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  • Gen 42:7-9
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    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as a stranger toward them and spoke harshly to them. He asked, 'Where have you come from?' They answered, 'From the land of Canaan, to buy food.'

    8Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

    9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come to see the weakness of the land.'

  • Gen 42:24-25
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    78%

    24Joseph turned away from them and wept, but when he returned to speak to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

    25Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man's silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done, they loaded their grain on their donkeys and departed.

  • Gen 42:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.'

    22Reuben replied to them, 'Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy, but you wouldn't listen? Now his blood is being demanded from us.'

  • Gen 44:15
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    15Joseph asked them, "What is this deed you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can certainly practice divination?"

  • Gen 42:13-14
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    13And they said, 'Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer alive.'

    14But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

  • Gen 40:8
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    8They said to him, 'We each had a dream, but there is no one to interpret it.' Joseph replied, 'Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.'

  • Acts 7:25
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    25Moses assumed that his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not understand.

  • Gen 50:17
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    17'This is what you are to say to Joseph: “Please forgive the transgressions of your brothers and their sin, for they treated you so badly.” Now, please forgive the transgressions of the servants of the God of your father.' Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

  • Gen 37:18
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    18They saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they conspired to kill him.

  • Gen 40:22-23
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    22But he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.

    23However, the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

  • Gen 45:1-4
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    1Joseph could no longer hold back his emotions in front of everyone standing near him, so he called out, 'Have everyone leave my presence!' No one remained with him when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers.

    2Joseph wept so loudly as he raised his voice in crying that the Egyptians heard it, and Pharaoh’s household also heard about it.

    3Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?' But his brothers could not answer him because they were so shocked and dismayed by his presence.

    4Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.'

  • Gen 43:19
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    19So they approached Joseph's steward and spoke to him at the entrance of the house.

  • Luke 2:50
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    50But they did not understand the statement he made to them.

  • Gen 42:28-29
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    28He said to his brothers, 'My money has been returned! Look, it is here in my sack.' Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another, saying, 'What is this that God has done to us?'

    29When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

  • Gen 37:4
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    4But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all of them, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

  • Ps 81:5
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    5For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

  • Gen 42:35-36
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    35As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bundle of silver. When they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were frightened.

    36Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'

  • John 8:27
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    27They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.

  • Gen 37:32
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    32They sent the ornate tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not."

  • Gen 37:27
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    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed.

  • Gen 43:7
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    7They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”