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“The man,הָאִישׁthe lordאֲדֹנֵיof the land,הָאָרֶץspokeדִּבֶּרwith usאִתָּנוּharshlyקָשׁוֹתand tookוַיִּתֵּןusאֹתָנוּfor men spying outכִּמְרַגְּלִיםthe land.אֶת הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 42:30
Study it in the app““The man, the lord of the land, spoke with us harshly and took us for men spying out the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:30, word by word
- “The manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the lordאֲדֹנֵיadone
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- harshlyקָשׁוֹתkashot
hard
Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.
Where else “kashot” appears- and tookיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- for men spying outמְרַגְּלִיםmeraglim
spy
To go through a land secretly to learn about it; the scouts.
Where else “meraglim” appears
The context
29They came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
30 · This verse (above)
31But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.
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?