Study it in the app“He said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned; and look, it is even in my bag!” Their hearts failed, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that Elohim has done to us?””
He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto his brothers,אֶל אֶחָיו“My silverכַּסְפִּיhas been returned;הוּשַׁבand look,וְ הִנֵּהit is evenגַםin my bag!”בְאַמְתַּחְתִּיTheir heartsלִבָּםfailed,וַיֵּצֵאand they turned tremblingוַיֶּחֶרְדוּto one another,אִישׁ אֶל אָחִיוsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whatמַהis thisזֹּאתthat Elohimאֱלֹהִיםhas doneעָשָׂהto us?”לָנוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kaspi” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hushav” appearssack
Sack, bag for carrying grain.
Where else “amtachti” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearstremble
To shudder with fear, with surprise or before God's presence.
Where else “yecherdu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears27One 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.
28 · This verse (above)
29They came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
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?
