Gen_42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
Ver. 23. Understood them.] Heb., Heard them. See 1Co_14:2, marg. So Isa_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}