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So Joseph’sיוֹסֵףtenעֲשָׂרָהbrothersאֲחֵיwent downוַיֵּרְדוּto buyלִשְׁבֹּרgrainבָּרfrom Egypt.מִמִּצְרָיִם
Genesis 42:3
Study it in the app“So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:3, word by word
- So Joseph’sיוֹסֵףyosef
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” appears- tenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- went downיֵּרְדוּyerdu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appears- to buyשְׁבֹּרshebor
buy grain
To get wheat or barley by paying for it, especially in time of famine.
Where else “shebor” appears- grainבָּרbar
grain
Cereal already threshed and cleaned, the basis of bread.
Where else “bar” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
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Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
2He said, “Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there, so that we may live and not die.”
3 · This verse (above)
4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers, for he said, “Harm might come to him.”
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?