Study it in the app“Then 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.”
Then the man,וַ הָאִישׁthe lordאֲדֹנֵיof the land,הָאָרֶץsaidיֹּאמֶרto us,אֵלֵינוּ‘By thisבְּזֹאתI will knowאֵדַעthatכִּיyouאַתֶּםare honest men:כֵנִיםleaveהַנִּיחוּoneהָאֶחָדof your brothersאֲחִיכֶםwith me,אִתִּיand takeוְ קְחוּgrain for the hungerאֶת רַעֲבוֹןof your householdsבָּתֵּיכֶםand go.וָלֵכוּ
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appearsleave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “hanichu” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechu” appearsfamine
Famine, scarcity of food.
Where else “raavon” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bate” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears32We 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.’
33 · This verse (above)
34Bring your youngest brother to me, and I will know that you are not spies, but you are honest men. I will give back your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.’”
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?
