Genesis 42:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:2 : 2 This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
  • Luke 24:16 : 16 (but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).
  • John 20:14 : 14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
  • John 21:4 : 4 When it was already very early morning, Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

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

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

  • Gen 42:23
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    23(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

  • 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 if our land is vulnerable!”

    10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    14So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

    15Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”

  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:12-14
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    12“No,” he insisted,“but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

    13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”

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

  • Gen 45:1
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    1The Reconciliation of the Brothers Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, so he cried out,“Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

  • Acts 7:13
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    13On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 37:17-18
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    17The man said,“They left this area, for I heard them say,‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

    18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

  • Acts 7:25
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    25He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand.

  • Gen 37:4-5
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    4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.

    5Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, 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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    3So 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 in mind what Joseph said.

    12When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

  • Gen 50:17-18
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    17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

    18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”

  • Acts 7:18
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    18until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt.

  • Gen 45:15
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    15He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

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

  • Gen 42:28-29
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    28He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”

    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

  • Gen 37:27
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    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.