Study it in the app“Send 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.””
Sendשִׁלְחוּoneאֶחָדof you,מִכֶּםand let him getוְיִקַּחyour brother,אֶת אֲחִיכֶםwhile youוְאַתֶּםare kept in prison,הֵאָסְרוּso that your wordsוְ דִּבְרֵיכֶםmay be tested,יִבָּחֲנוּwhether the truthהַאֱמֶתis with you;אִתְּכֶםand ifוְאִםnot,לֹאby the lifeחֵיof Pharaoh,פַרְעֹהsurelyכִּיyouאַתֶּםare spies.”מְרַגְּלִים
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilchu” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsconfine
To keep someone shut up, like a prisoner.
Where else “heasru” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearstest, examine
Test, examine to find out whether something is true or genuine, as metal is tested.
Where else “yibachanu” appearstruth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appearslife
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “che” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearsspy
To go through a land secretly to learn about it; the scouts.
Where else “meraglim” appears15By this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go out from here unless your youngest brother comes here.
16 · This verse (above)
17He gathered them into custody for three days.
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?
