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Genesis 42:7

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself *strange unto them, and spake 1roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And 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.

NKJV: Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

ESV: Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

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strange-foreign.

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Heb. hard things with them.