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23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

Genesis 42:23

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 21-28)

Here is, I. The penitent reflection Joseph’s brethren made upon the wrong they had formerly done to him, Gen. 42:21. They talked the matter over in the Hebrew tongue, not suspecting that Joseph, whom they took for a native of Egypt, understood them, much less that he was the person they spoke of. 1. They remembered with regret the barbarous cruelty wherewith they persecuted him: We are verily guil...

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