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Genesis 42:6

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Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

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Genesis 42:6 in other translations

And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

Genesis 42:6 · American Standard Version

Genesis 42:6 in context

  1. 4But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
  2. 5The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
  3. 6Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
  4. 7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?”
    They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
  5. 8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.