Study it in the app“They said, “The man asked closely about us and about our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?’ And we told him according to these words. Could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring down your brother’?””
They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“The manהָאִישׁasked closelyשָׁאוֹל שָׁאַלabout usלָנוּand about our kindred,וּלְמוֹלַדְתֵּנוּsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Is your fatherהַ אֲבִיכֶםstillעוֹדalive?חַיDo you haveהֲיֵשׁ לָכֶםa brother?’אָחAnd we toldוַנַגֶּדhimלוֹaccording toעַל פִּיtheseהָאֵלֶּהwords.הַדְּבָרִיםCould we possibly knowהֲיָדוֹעַ נֵדַעthatכִּיhe would say,יֹאמַר‘Bring downהוֹרִידוּyour brother’?”אֶת אֲחִיכֶם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsask
To ask a question.
Where else “shaol” appearskindred
One's family and homeland.
Where else “moladte” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appearsone another
Together with "one", it is used to say "one another".
Where else “ach” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “naged” appearsaccording to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadoa” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horidu” appears6Israel said, “Why did you do me harm by telling the man that you still had a brother?”
7 · This verse (above)
8Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the young man with me, and we will get up and go, so that we may live and not die, both we and you and our little ones.
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?
