ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 42:8
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Gen 42:8

42:8 they did not recognize him. Joseph had grown from a boy of seventeen to a man of almost forty (41:46, 47, 54; 45:6 note). He had the appearance of an august Egyptian official (41:14, 41–43) and used an interpreter (v. 23).