Study it in the app“They said, “Your servants are twelve, we are brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and look, the youngest is with our father today, and the one is no more.””
They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Your servantsעֲבָדֶיךָare twelve,שְׁנֵים עָשָׂרweאֲנַחְנוּare brothers,אַחִיםsonsבְּנֵיof oneאֶחָדmanאִישׁin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan;כְּנָעַןand look,וְהִנֵּהthe youngestהַקָּטֹןis withאֶתour fatherאָבִינוּtoday,הַיּוֹםand the oneוְהָאֶחָדis no more.”אֵינֶנּוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsunited
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsyoungest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katon” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsCanaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
12He said to them, “No, but the nakedness of the land you have come to see.”
13 · This verse (above)
14Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you: you are spies.
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?
