And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
Ver. 23. Understood them.] Heb., Heard them. See 1 Corinthians 14:2, marg. So Isaiah 36:11. So a hearing heart is put for "an understanding heart," 1Ki 3:9 which many of our common hearers want; and therefore hear to no purpose. Isa 6:9