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They loadedוַיִּשְׂאוּtheir grainאֶת שִׁבְרָםonעַלtheir donkeysחֲמֹרֵיהֶםand wentוַיֵּלְכוּfrom there.מִשָּׁם
Genesis 42:26
Study it in the app“They loaded their grain on their donkeys and went from there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:26, word by word
- They loadedיִּשְׂאוּyisu
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisu” appears- their grainשִׁבְרָshivra
grain
Grain bought or sold.
Where else “shivra” appears- their donkeysחֲמֹרֵיchamore
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamore” appears- and wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears
The context
25Joseph 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.
26 · This verse (above)
27One of them opened his sack to give fodder to his donkey at the lodging place, and he saw his silver, and look, it was in the mouth of his bag.
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?