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Ifאִםyou areיֶשְׁךָsendingמְשַׁלֵּחַour brotherאֶת אָחִינוּwith us,אִתָּנוּwe will go downנֵרְדָהand buyוְנִשְׁבְּרָהfoodאֹכֶלfor you.לְךָ
Genesis 43:4
Study it in the app“If you are sending our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 43:4, word by word
- sendingמְשַׁלֵּחַmeshaleach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “meshaleach” appears- our brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- we will go downנֵרְדָהnerda
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “nerda” appears- and buyנִשְׁבְּרָהnishbra
buy grain
To get wheat or barley by paying for it, especially in time of famine.
Where else “nishbra” appears- foodאֹכֶלochel
food
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appears
The context
3Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
4 · This verse (above)
5But if you are not sending him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘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?