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and stayוְיָשַׁבְתָּwith himעִמּוֹa fewאֲחָדִיםdays,יָמִיםuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרyour brother’sאָחִיךָfuryחֲמַתturns away,תָּשׁוּב
Genesis 27:44
Study it in the app“and stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 27:44, word by word
- and stayיָשַׁבְתָּyashavta
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yashavta” appears- a fewאֲחָדִיםachadim
a certain
Used as "a" or "some", to introduce someone.
Where else “achadim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- your brother’sאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- furyחֲמַתchamat
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chamat” appears- turns awayתָּשׁוּבtashuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashuv” appears
The context
43So now, my son, listen to my voice: get up, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran,
44 · This verse (above)
45until your brother’s anger turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”
To study Genesis 27 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob receive Isaac’s blessing, and how did Esau react (vv. 18-34)?
2. What it means
What consequences did Jacob’s deceiving his father bring to the family (vv. 41-45)?
3. How I live it
How can you pursue what you need without resorting to deception?