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But ifוְאִםyou are notאֵינְךָsending him,מְשַׁלֵּחַwe will notלֹאgo down,נֵרֵדforכִּיthe manהָאִישׁsaidאָמַרto us,אֵלֵינוּ‘You will notלֹאseeתִרְאוּmy faceפָנַיunlessבִּלְתִּיyour brotherאֲחִיכֶםis with you.’”אִתְּכֶם
Genesis 43:5
Study it in the app“But 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 43:5, word by word
- sending himמְשַׁלֵּחַmeshaleach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “meshaleach” appears- go downנֵרֵדnered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “nered” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- seeתִרְאוּtiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tiru” appears- my faceפָנַfana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fana” appears- your brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears
The context
4If you are sending our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
5 · This verse (above)
6Israel said, “Why did you do me harm by telling the man that you still had a brother?”
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?