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The manהָאִישׁdidוַיַּעַשׂasכַּאֲשֶׁרJosephיוֹסֵףsaid,אָמַרand the manוַ הָאִישׁbroughtיָּבֵאthe menאֶת הָאֲנָשִׁיםinto the houseבֵּיתָהof Joseph.יוֹסֵף
Genesis 43:17
Study it in the app“The man did as Joseph said, and the man brought the men into the house of Joseph.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 43:17, word by word
- The manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- broughtיָּבֵאyave
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appears- into the houseבֵּיתָbeta
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “beta” appears
The context
16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the one over his house, “Bring the men into the house, slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.”
17 · This verse (above)
18The men were afraid because they were brought into the house of Joseph, and they said, “Because of the matter of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time we are being brought in, so that he may assail us, fall upon us, and take us as slaves, and our donkeys.”
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?