“Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.””

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.