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Genèse 42:8

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Genèse 42:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:8

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
] It being about twenty two years since they saw him, and then he was young, and his beard not grown, as now it was; and besides, he was clothed as a prince, and spoke the Egyptian language; and being in such great grandeur and splendour, and in such power and authority, and having such a retinue attending him, they never once thought of him, whom they supposed might be dead, having never heard of him all this time; or, however, it could not come into their minds, that he whom they sold for a slave could ever be governor of the land of Egypt.

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Genèse 42:8 In-Context

6 Or, c'était Joseph qui commandait dans le pays, c'était lui qui vendait le blé à tout le peuple du pays. Les frères de Joseph vinrent donc et se prosternèrent devant lui, la face contre terre.
7 Et Joseph vit ses frères, et les reconnut; mais il fit l'étranger avec eux, et leur parla rudement, et leur dit: D'où venez-vous? Et ils répondirent: Du pays de Canaan, pour acheter des vivres.
8 Joseph reconnut donc ses frères; mais eux ne le reconnurent point.
9 Et Joseph se souvint des songes qu'il avait eus à leur sujet. Et il leur dit: Vous êtes des espions; vous êtes venus pour observer les lieux faibles du pays.
10 Et ils lui répondirent: Non, mon seigneur, mais tes serviteurs sont venus pour acheter des vivres.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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