Genesis 42:23 They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them. (NASB ©1995)Genesis 42:22 Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning for his blood."
Genesis 42:24 He turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.he spake unto them by a interpreter. Heb. an interpreter was between them. The {mailitz} does not seem to have been an interpreter in our sense of the term; as we have many evidences in this book that the Egyptians, Hebrews, Canaanites, and Syrians, could understand each other in a general way; and it appears from several passages in this very chapter, (particularly ver. 24,) that Joseph and his brethren understood each others' language, as his brethren and Joseph's steward also did (ch. 43:19, 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. Joh 16:13,14 2Co 5:20 Concordance Entries Clear Conscious Didn't However Interpreter Joseph Language Sense Spake Spoke Talking Understand Understandeth Understood Using Jump to Previous Occurrence Clear Conscious However Interpreter Joseph Language Realize Sense Talking Understand Understandeth Understood Using Words Jump to Next Occurrence Clear Conscious However Interpreter Joseph Language Realize Sense Talking Understand Understandeth Understood Using Words New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
