Genesis 42:23
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And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

he spake unto them by a interpreter.

Genesis 42:24 And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning, he spoke to them.

,) that Joseph and his brethren understood each others' language, as his brethren and Joseph's steward also did (ch.

Genesis 43:19 Wherefore, going up to the steward of the house, at the door,

, etc; compare ch.

39;

49.) It seems to denote an officer who is called in Abyssinia, according to Mr. Bruce, {Kal Hatz?,} the voice or word of the king, who always stands at the side of a lattice window of a balcony, within which the king sits; who is never seen, but who speaks through a hole in the side of it, covered in the inside with a curtain, to this officer, by whom he speaks to the persons present.

John 16:13,14 But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For he shall not speak of himself: but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak. And the things that are to come, he shall shew you. . . .

2 Corinthians 5:20 For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us, for Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.

Context
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
22And Ruben, one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy; and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required. 23And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.24And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning, he spoke to them.…
Cross References
Genesis 11:7
Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Genesis 42:22
And Ruben, one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy; and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.

Genesis 42:24
And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning, he spoke to them.

Lexicon
They
וְהֵם֙ (wə·hêm)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

did not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

realize
יָֽדְע֔וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

Joseph
יוֹסֵ֑ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

understood them,
שֹׁמֵ֖עַ (šō·mê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

since
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

there was an interpreter
הַמֵּלִ֖יץ (ham·mê·lîṣ)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3887: Ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker

between them.
בֵּינֹתָֽם׃ (bê·nō·ṯām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between


Additional Translations
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

But they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter is between them;
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