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Ifאִםyouאַתֶּםare honest men,כֵּנִיםlet oneאֶחָדof your brothersאֲחִיכֶםbe held prisonerיֵאָסֵרin the houseבְּבֵיתwhere you are held,מִשְׁמַרְכֶםand youוְאַתֶּםgo,לְכוּtakeהָבִיאוּgrainשֶׁבֶרfor the hungerרַעֲבוֹןof your households.בָּתֵּיכֶם
Genesis 42:19
Study it in the app“If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be held prisoner in the house where you are held, and you go, take grain for the hunger of your households.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:19, word by word
- let oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- of your brothersאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- be held prisonerיֵאָסֵרyeaser
confine
To keep someone shut up, like a prisoner.
Where else “yeaser” appears- in the houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears- where you are heldמִשְׁמַרְmishmar
custody
A place where a prisoner is kept.
Where else “mishmar” appears- goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- takeהָבִיאוּhaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “haviu” appears- grainשֶׁבֶרshever
grain
Grain bought or sold.
Where else “shever” appears- for the hungerרַעֲבוֹןraavon
famine
Famine, scarcity of food.
Where else “raavon” appears
The context
18On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and live; I fear Elohim.
19 · This verse (above)
20And bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words will be confirmed and you will not die.” And they did so.
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?