Genesis 42:8

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

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  • Gen 37:2 : 2 This is the account of Jacob: Joseph, a seventeen-year-old youth, was shepherding the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.
  • Luke 24:16 : 16 But their eyes were restrained, so they did not recognize him.
  • John 20:14 : 14 After saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
  • John 21:4 : 4 At dawn, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize it was Jesus.

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  • Gen 42:6-7
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    6Now Joseph was the ruler over the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

    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.'

  • Gen 42:23
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    23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

  • Gen 42:9-10
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    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.'

    10But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    14Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph's house while he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

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

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    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 42:12-14
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    12But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'

    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 45:1
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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.

  • Acts 7:13
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    13On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 37:17-18
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    17The man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

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

  • 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 37:4-5
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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.

    5One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

  • Gen 48:8
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    8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, 'Who are these?'

  • Gen 42:3
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    3Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

  • Gen 37:11-12
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    11His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

    12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

  • Gen 50:17-18
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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.

    18Then his brothers also came, bowed down before him, and said, 'We are your servants.'

  • Acts 7:18
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    18Then another king arose in Egypt, one who did not know Joseph.

  • Gen 45:15
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    15Joseph kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward, his brothers talked with him.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, 'I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, "My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"

  • Gen 47:5
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    5Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

  • 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 37:27
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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.