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And bringוְ תָּבִיאוּyour youngestהַקָּטֹןbrotherאֶת אֲחִיכֶםto me,אֵלַיso that your wordsוְ דִבְרֵיכֶםwill be confirmedיֵאָמְנוּand you will notוְלֹאdie.”תָמוּתוּAnd they didוַיַּעֲשׂוּso.כֵן
Genesis 42:20
Study it in the app“And bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words will be confirmed and you will not die.” And they did so.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:20, word by word
- And bringתָּבִיאוּtaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “taviu” 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- so that your wordsדִבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- will be confirmedיֵאָמְנוּyeamnu
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “yeamnu” appears- dieתָמוּתוּtamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamutu” appears- And they didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears
The context
19If 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.
20 · This verse (above)
21They said to one another, “Indeed we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
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?