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Jacobיַעֲקֹבsawוַיַּרְאthatכִּיthere wasיֶשׁgrainשֶׁבֶרin Egypt,בְּמִצְרָיִםand Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבsaidיֹּאמֶרto his sons,לְבָנָיו“Whyלָמָּהdo you keep looking at one another?”תִּתְרָאוּ
Genesis 42:1
Study it in the app“Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at one another?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:1, word by word
- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- grainשֶׁבֶרshever
grain
Grain bought or sold.
Where else “shever” appears- in Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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 sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He said, “Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there, so that we may live and not die.”
To study Genesis 42 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph do when he saw his brothers, and what did they find in their sacks (vv. 7-28)?
2. What it means
Why did the brothers say they were paying for what they did to their brother (v. 21)?
3. How I live it
What mistake from the past do you need to face honestly today?