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By thisבְּזֹאתyou will be tested:תִּבָּחֵנוּby the lifeחֵיof Pharaoh,פַרְעֹהyou will not go outאִם תֵּצְאוּfrom hereמִזֶּהunlessכִּי אִםyour youngestהַקָּטֹןbrotherאֲחִיכֶםcomesבְּבוֹאhere.הֵנָּה
Genesis 42:15
Study it in the app“By this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go out from here unless your youngest brother comes here.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:15, word by word
- you will be testedתִּבָּחֵנוּtibachenu
test, examine
Test, examine to find out whether something is true or genuine, as metal is tested.
Where else “tibachenu” appears- by the lifeחֵיche
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “che” appears- of Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- you will not go outתֵּצְאוּtetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetsu” appears- your youngestקָּטֹןkaton
youngest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katon” appears- brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- comesבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears
Translation note
Joseph swears “by the life of Pharaoh” (also 42:16) while he has not yet made himself known to his brothers (42:7-8, 23).
The context
14Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you: you are spies.
15 · This verse (above)
16Send one of you, and let him get your brother, while you are kept in prison, so that your words may be tested, whether the truth is with you; and if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are 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?