Study it in the app“Joseph gave orders to fill their containers with grain, and to return their silver, each into his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. And so it was done for them.”
Josephיוֹסֵףgave ordersוַיְצַוto fillוַיְמַלְאוּtheir containersאֶת כְּלֵיהֶםwith grain,בָּרand to returnוּלְהָשִׁיבtheir silver,כַּסְפֵּיהֶםeachאִישׁinto his sack,אֶל שַׂקּוֹand to giveוְלָתֵתthemלָהֶםprovisionsצֵדָהfor the journey.לַדָּרֶךְAnd soכֵּןit was doneוַיַּעַשׂfor them.לָהֶם
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appearsfill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “yemalu” appearsvessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “kele” appearsgrain
Cereal already threshed and cleaned, the basis of bread.
Where else “bar” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashiv” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kaspe” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearssack
A large cloth bag for carrying grain or other loads.
Where else “sak” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appearsprovisions
Food for the journey.
Where else “tseda” appearsjourney
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “darech” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears24He turned away from them and wept. Then he returned to them and spoke to them, and he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
25 · This verse (above)
26They loaded their grain on their donkeys and went from there.
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?
