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They saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“No,לֹאmy lord;אֲדֹנִיyour servantsוַעֲבָדֶיךָhave comeבָּאוּto buyלִשְׁבָּרfood.אֹכֶל
Genesis 42:10
Study it in the app“They said to him, “No, my lord; your servants have come to buy food.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:10, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears- have comeבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- to buyשְׁבָּרshebar
buy grain
To get wheat or barley by paying for it, especially in time of famine.
Where else “shebar” appears- foodאֹכֶלochel
food
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appears
The context
9Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, “You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you have come.”
10 · This verse (above)
11All of us are sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants have not been spies.”
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?