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Takeקָחוּyour brotherוְאֶת אֲחִיכֶםand get up,וְקוּמוּgo backשׁוּבוּto the man.אֶל הָאִישׁ
Genesis 43:13
Study it in the app“Take your brother and get up, go back to the man.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 43:13, word by word
- Takeקָחוּkachu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kachu” appears- your brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- and get upקוּמוּkumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumu” appears- go backשׁוּבוּshuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appears- to the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears
The context
12Take double the silver in your hand, and the silver that was returned in the mouth of your bags carry back in your hand; perhaps it was a mistake.
13 · This verse (above)
14May El Shaddai give you mercy before the man, so that he releases to you your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
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?