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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמִיdo you mean byלְךָallכָּלthisהַזֶּהcampהַמַּחֲנֶהthatאֲשֶׁרI met?”פָּגָשְׁתִּיHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“To findלִמְצֹאfavorחֵןin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof my lord.”אֲדֹנִי
Genesis 33:8
Study it in the app“He said, “What do you mean by all this camp that I met?” He said, “To find favor in the eyes of my lord.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 33:8, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- I metפָּגָשְׁתִּיpagashti
meet
Meet someone, come upon, encounter.
Where else “pagashti” appears- “To findמְצֹאmetso
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “metso” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears
The context
7Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down.
8 · This verse (above)
9But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; let what is yours be yours.”
To study Genesis 33 in a group
1. What it says
How did Esau receive Jacob when they met (v. 4)?
2. What it means
What does this meeting show compared with what Jacob had feared (vv. 4, 10)?
3. How I live it
With whom could you take a step toward reconciliation today?