Genesis 42:23
And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Nesciebant autem quod intelligeret Joseph, eo quod per interpretem loqueretur ad eos.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν ὅτι ἀκούει Ἰωσήφ, ὁ γὰρ ἑρμηνευτὴς ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν ἦν· ⸆
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהֵם֙ לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ כִּ֥י שֹׁמֵ֖עַ יוֹסֵ֑ף כִּ֥י הַמֵּלִ֖יץ בֵּינֹתָֽם
Haydock's commentary
Interpreter, to keep them at a greater distance. It does not appear that the sons of Jacob were ignorant of the language of the country. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.