Study it in the app“He commanded the one over his house, saying, “Fill the bags of the men with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his bag.”
He commandedוַיְצַוthe oneאֶת אֲשֶׁרoverעַלhis house,בֵּיתוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Fillמַלֵּאthe bagsאֶת אַמְתְּחֹתof the menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwith food,אֹכֶלas much asכַּאֲשֶׁרthey canיוּכְלוּןcarry,שְׂאֵתand putוְשִׂיםeach man’sאִישׁsilverכֶּסֶףin the mouthבְּפִיof his bag.אַמְתַּחְתּוֹ
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsfill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “male” appearssack
Sack, bag for carrying grain.
Where else “amtchot” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsfood
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchlu” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “seet” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears1 · This verse (above)
2And my cup, the silver cup, put in the mouth of the bag of the youngest, along with the silver for his grain.” And he did according to the word of Joseph that he had spoken.
1. What it says
What did Judah propose when the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack (vv. 33-34)?
2. What it means
What does it show that Judah offers himself as a slave in place of Benjamin (v. 33)?
3. How I live it
What small sacrifice can you make today for someone in your family?
