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and said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Please,בִּיmy lord,אֲדֹנִיwe did indeed come downיָרֹד יָרַדְנוּthe first timeבַּתְּחִלָּהto buyלִשְׁבָּרfood.אֹכֶל
Genesis 43:20
Study it in the app“and said, “Please, my lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 43:20, word by word
- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Pleaseבִּיbi
please, my lord
Please, pardon me: a formula for addressing a superior respectfully.
Where else “bi” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- we did indeed come downיָרֹדyarod
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yarod” appears- the first timeתְּחִלָּהtechila
beginning
Beginning, start; "at first".
Where else “techila” appears- to buyשְׁבָּרshebar
buy grain
To get wheat or barley by paying for it, especially in time of famine.
Where else “shebar” appears- foodאֹכֶלochel
food
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appears
The context
19So they approached the man who was over the house of Joseph and spoke to him at the entrance of the house,
20 · This verse (above)
21And when we came to the lodging place and opened our bags, look, each man’s silver was in the mouth of his bag, our silver in its full weight; so we have brought it back in our hand.
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?