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Forכִּיif we had notלוּלֵאdelayed,הִתְמַהְמָהְנוּby nowכִּי עַתָּהwe would have returnedשַׁבְנוּ זֶהtwice.”פַעֲמָיִם
Genesis 43:10
Study it in the app“For if we had not delayed, by now we would have returned twice.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 43:10, word by word
- if we had notלוּלֵאlule
if not, unless
If not, unless, were it not that.
Where else “lule” appears- delayedהִתְמַהְמָהְנוּhitmahmahnu
linger
Linger, delay, hesitate.
Where else “hitmahmahnu” appears- we would have returnedשַׁבְנוּshavnu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavnu” appears- twiceפַעֲמָיִםfaamayim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “faamayim” appears
The context
9I will be surety for him; from my hand you may require him. If I do not bring him to you and set him before you, then I will have sinned against you for all time.
10 · This verse (above)
11Israel their father said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choicest products of the land in your containers and carry down to the man a gift: a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and ladanum, pistachios and almonds.
To study Genesis 43 in a group
1. What it says
What did Judah ask of Jacob about Benjamin (vv. 8-10)?
2. What it means
What does Judah mean by “I will be surety for him” and “I will have sinned against you for all time” (v. 9)?
3. How I live it
How can you take responsibility for someone in your family?