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Weאֲנַחְנוּare twelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרbrothers,אַחִיםsonsבְּנֵיof our father;אָבִינוּthe oneהָאֶחָדis no more,אֵינֶנּוּand the youngestוְהַקָּטֹןis todayהַיּוֹםwith our fatherאֶת אָבִינוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan.’כְּנָעַן
Genesis 42:32
Study it in the app“We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; the one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 42:32, word by word
- are twelveשְׁנֵיםshenem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears- are twelveעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- brothersאַחִיםachim
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achim” appears- sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of our fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- the oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- and the youngestקָּטֹןkaton
youngest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katon” appears- is todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaan.’כְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” 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
31But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.
32 · This verse (above)
33Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the hunger of your households and go.
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?