Genesis 42:6-8

Expanded Bible

⁶ Now Joseph was ·governor [administrator] over ·Egypt [^Lthe land]. He was the one who sold the grain to people ·who came to buy it [^Lof the land/earth]. So Joseph’s brothers came to him and bowed facedown on the ground before him. 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].