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They satוַיֵּשְׁבוּbefore him,לְפָנָיוthe firstbornהַבְּכֹרaccording to his birthrightכִּבְכֹרָתוֹand the youngestוְהַצָּעִירaccording to his youth;כִּצְעִרָתוֹand the menוַ הָאֲנָשִׁיםlooked in amazementיִּתְמְהוּat one another.אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ
Genesis 43:33
Study it in the app“They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked in amazement at one another.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 43:33, word by word
- They satיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- the firstbornבְּכֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- according to his birthrightבְכֹרָתvechorat
birthright
The rights of the eldest son in the family.
Where else “vechorat” appears- and the youngestצָּעִירtsair
younger
The youngest.
Where else “tsair” appears- according to his youthצְעִרָתtseirat
youth
Youth, being the youngest.
Where else “tseirat” appears- and the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- looked in amazementיִּתְמְהוּyitmhu
be astonished
Be astonished, look at one another in amazement.
Where else “yitmhu” appears- at one anotherרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears
The context
32They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, for the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
33 · This verse (above)
34Portions were carried to them from before him, and Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than the portions of all of them. They drank and became drunk with him.
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?