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Afterוַיְהִי אַחֲרֵיthese thingsהַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּהit was toldוַיֻּגַּדto Abraham,לְאַבְרָהָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהMilcahמִלְכָּהtooגַם הִואhas borneיָלְדָהsonsבָּנִיםto Nahorלְנָחוֹרyour brother:אָחִיךָ
Genesis 22:20
Study it in the app“After these things it was told to Abraham, saying, “Look, Milcah too has borne sons to Nahor your brother:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 22:20, word by word
- Afterיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- these thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- it was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appears- to Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- Milcahמִלְכָּהmilka
Milcah
Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abram's brother; also a daughter of Zelophehad.
Where else “milka” appears- has borneיָלְדָהyalda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- to Nahorנָחוֹרnachor
Nahor
Nahor, the name of Abraham's grandfather and of one of his brothers; also the town where his brother's family lived.
Where else “nachor” appears- your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears
The context
19Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived in Beersheba.
20 · This verse (above)
21Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
To study Genesis 22 in a group
1. What it says
What did Elohim ask of Abraham, and what provision appeared on the mountain (vv. 2, 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does this account teach about trusting Elohim and his provision (vv. 12-14)?
3. How I live it
What is hard for you to place in Elohim’s hands, and how can you talk with him about it?