Study it in the app“Bring 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.’””
Bringוְהָבִיאוּyour youngestהַקָּטֹןbrotherאֶת אֲחִיכֶםto me,אֵלַיand I will knowוְאֵדְעָהthatכִּיyouאַתֶּםare notלֹאspies,מְרַגְּלִיםbutכִּיyouאַתֶּםare honest men.כֵנִיםI will give backאֶתֵּןyour brotherאֶת אֲחִיכֶםto you,לָכֶםand you may tradeתִּסְחָרוּin the land.’”וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “haviu” appearsyoungest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katon” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appearsspy
To go through a land secretly to learn about it; the scouts.
Where else “meraglim” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “eten” appearstrade
To travel about selling; the seller.
Where else “tischaru” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears33Then 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.
34 · This verse (above)
35As they were emptying their sacks, look, each man’s bundle of silver was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of silver, they were afraid.
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?
