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He gatheredוַיֶּאֱסֹףthemאֹתָםinto custodyאֶל מִשְׁמָרfor threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays.יָמִים
Genesis 42:17
Study it in the app“He gathered them into custody for three days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:17, word by word
- He gatheredיֶּאֱסֹףyeesof
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeesof” appears- into custodyמִשְׁמָרmishmar
custody
A place where a prisoner is kept.
Where else “mishmar” appears- for threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears
The context
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.”
17 · This verse (above)
18On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and live; I fear Elohim.
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?