Genesis 42:7-9

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⁷ When Joseph saw his brothers, he ·knew who they were [recognized them], but he ·acted as if he didn’t know them [treated them as strangers/foreigners]. He asked ·unkindly [harshly], “Where do you come from?”

They answered, “We have come from the land of Canaan to buy food.”

⁸ Joseph ·knew they were [recognized] his brothers, but they did not ·know who he was [recognize him]. ⁹ And Joseph remembered his dreams ·about his brothers bowing to him [^Lwhich he dreamed about them; 37:5–11]. He said to them, “You are spies! You came to ·learn where the nation is weak [^Lsee the nakedness of the land]!”