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Judahיְהוּדָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto his brothers,אֶל אֶחָיו“Whatמַהprofit is thereבֶּצַעifכִּיwe killנַהֲרֹגour brotherאֶת אָחִינוּand cover upוְכִסִּינוּhis blood?אֶת דָּמוֹ
Genesis 37:26
Study it in the app“Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?”
Joseph is thrown into a cistern by his own brothers and soldLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 37:26, word by word
- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- profit is thereבֶּצַעbetsa
gain, profit
Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.
Where else “betsa” appears- we killנַהֲרֹגnaharog
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “naharog” appears- and cover upכִסִּינוּchisinu
conceal
To keep something secret, or forgive a wrong.
Where else “chisinu” appears- his bloodדָּמdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears
The context
25Then they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted their eyes and looked, and look, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying aromatic gum, balm, and ladanum, on their way to take it down to Egypt.
26 · This verse (above)
27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be on him, for he is our brother, our flesh.” And his brothers listened.
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?