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Whenוַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁרthey had finishedכִּלּוּeatingלֶאֱכֹלthe grainאֶת הַשֶּׁבֶרthatאֲשֶׁרthey had broughtהֵבִיאוּfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרָיִםtheir fatherאֲבִיהֶםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Go back,שֻׁבוּbuyשִׁבְרוּusלָנוּa littleמְעַטfood.”אֹכֶל
Genesis 43:2
Study it in the app“When they had finished eating the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 43:2, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- they had finishedכִּלּוּkilu
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kilu” appears- eatingאֱכֹלechol
feed
To feed.
Where else “echol” appears- the grainשֶּׁבֶרshever
grain
Grain bought or sold.
Where else “shever” appears- they had broughtהֵבִיאוּheviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “heviu” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- their fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Go backשֻׁבוּshuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvu” appears- buyשִׁבְרוּshivru
buy grain
To get wheat or barley by paying for it, especially in time of famine.
Where else “shivru” appears- a littleמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- foodאֹכֶלochel
food
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
1The famine was severe in the land.
2 · This verse (above)
3Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
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?