Genesis 42:7
Good News Translation
When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as if he did not know them. He asked them harshly, "Where do you come from?" "We have come from Canaan to buy food," they answered.

New Revised Standard Version
When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

New American Bible
He recognized them as soon as he saw them. But he concealed his own identity from them and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked them. They answered, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.

roughly unto them.

Genesis 42:9-12,14-17,19,20 And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land. . . .

Matthew 15:23-26 Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us: . . .

Context
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
6And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him, 7And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.8And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them.…
Cross References
Genesis 42:30
The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.

Genesis 43:33
They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his age. And they wondered very much;

Genesis 42:6
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