Study it in the app“But 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.””
But he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“My sonבְּנִיwill notלֹאgo downיֵרֵדwith you,עִמָּכֶםforכִּיhis brotherאָחִיוis dead,מֵתand heוְהוּאaloneלְבַדּוֹis left.נִשְׁאָרIf harmוּ אָסוֹןshould befall himקְרָאָהוּon the journeyבַּדֶּרֶךְyou are making,אֲשֶׁר תֵּלְכוּ בָהּyou would bring downוְהוֹרַדְתֶּםmy gray hairאֶת שֵׂיבָתִיin sorrowבְּיָגוֹןto Sheol.”שְׁאוֹלָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appearsremain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nishar” appearsharm
Misfortune, serious harm.
Where else “ason” appearsbefall
For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.
Where else “keraa” appearsjourney
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telchu” appearsold age, gray hair
Old age; gray hair.
Where else “sevati” appearssorrow, grief
Deep sorrow, grief.
Where else “yagon” appearsSheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheola” appears37Reuben 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.”
38 · This verse (above)
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?
