And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices1
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The verses this one reaches4
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.
Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Luke 24:16But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
leads to
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
After this, Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them as they walked along in the country.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Genesis 37:2This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father…
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The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
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John 20:14When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.
leads to
But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.
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