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They cameוַיָּבֹאוּto Jacobאֶל יַעֲקֹבtheir fatherאֲבִיהֶםin the landאַרְצָהof Canaanכְּנָעַןand toldוַיַּגִּידוּhimלוֹallאֵת כָּלthat had happenedהַקֹּרֹתto them,אֹתָםsaying,לֵאמֹר
Genesis 42:29
Study it in the app“They came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:29, word by word
- They cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- their fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- in the landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- and toldיַּגִּידוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- that had happenedקֹּרֹתkorot
befall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “korot” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
28He 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?”
29 · This verse (above)
30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke with us harshly and took us for men spying out the land.
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?