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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Iאָנֹכִיam seekingמְבַקֵּשׁmy brothers.אֶת אַחַיPleaseנָּאtellהַגִּידָהmeלִיwhereאֵיפֹהtheyהֵםare pasturing the flock.”רֹעִים
Genesis 37:16
Study it in the app“He said, “I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are pasturing the flock.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 37:16, 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- am seekingמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakesh” appears- my brothersאַחַaach
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “aach” appears- tellהַגִּידָhagida
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagida” appears- whereאֵיפֹהefo
where?
Where? From what place?
Where else “efo” appears- are pasturing the flockרֹעִיםroim
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “roim” appears
The context
15A man found him, and look, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?”
16 · This verse (above)
17The man said, “They have set out from here, for I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
To study Genesis 37 in a group
1. What it says
What did the brothers do to Joseph, and what did they tell Jacob (vv. 23-33)?
2. What it means
What reasons did the brothers have for hating Joseph (vv. 3-4, 8)?
3. How I live it
How do you handle envy when someone receives more attention than you?