Genesis 42:6
King James Version
Translation: KJV
4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.Select Genesis 42:4
5And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.Select Genesis 42:5
6And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.Select Genesis 42:6
7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.Select Genesis 42:7
8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.Select Genesis 42:8
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WEB
42:6 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.
ASV
42:6 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.
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