Study it in the app“Reuben said to his father, “You may put to death my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will return him to you.””
Reubenרְאוּבֵןsaidוַיֹּאמֶר לֵאמֹרto his father,אֶל אָבִיו“You may put to deathתָּמִיתmy twoאֶת שְׁנֵיsonsבָנַיifאִםI do notלֹאbring himאֲבִיאֶנּוּback to you.אֵלֶיךָPutתְּנָהhimאֹתוֹin my hands,עַל יָדִיand Iוַאֲנִיwill return himאֲשִׁיבֶנּוּto you.”אֵלֶיךָ
Reuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “tamit” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vana” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “avie” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “tena” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “ashive” appears36Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and Benjamin you would take; all of it has come upon me!”
37 · This verse (above)
38But he said, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are making, you would bring down my gray hair in sorrow to Sheol.”
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?
