“And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.”
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. The asymmetry of recognition is the narrative's key theological detail: Joseph knows who they are; they do not know who he is. The application: the person who holds the power in a reunion or confrontation is often the person who sees more clearly than those they are meeting.
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