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Josephיוֹסֵףsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“It isהוּאasאֲשֶׁרI saidדִּבַּרְתִּי לֵאמֹרto you:אֲלֵכֶםyouאַתֶּםare spies.מְרַגְּלִים
Genesis 42:14
Study it in the app“Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you: you are spies.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:14, word by word
- Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- I saidדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- are spiesמְרַגְּלִיםmeraglim
spy
To go through a land secretly to learn about it; the scouts.
Where else “meraglim” appears
The context
13They 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.”
14 · This verse (above)
15By this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go out from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
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?