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All of usכֻּלָּנוּare sonsבְּנֵי נָחְנוּof oneאֶחָדman;אִישׁweאֲנַחְנוּare honest men;כֵּנִיםyour servantsעֲבָדֶיךָhave notלֹאbeenהָיוּspies.”מְרַגְּלִים
Genesis 42:11
Study it in the app“All of us are sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants have not been spies.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:11, word by word
- are sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears- beenהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- spiesמְרַגְּלִיםmeraglim
spy
To go through a land secretly to learn about it; the scouts.
Where else “meraglim” appears
The context
10They said to him, “No, my lord; your servants have come to buy food.
11 · This verse (above)
12He said to them, “No, but the nakedness of the land you have come to see.”
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?