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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Nowעַתָּהlet it beכֶּן הוּאalsoגַּםaccording to your words:כְדִבְרֵיכֶםthe oneאֲשֶׁרwith whom it is foundיִמָּצֵא אִתּוֹwill beיִהְיֶהmy slave,לִּי עָבֶדand youוְאַתֶּםwill beתִּהְיוּinnocent.”נְקִיִּם
Genesis 44:10
Study it in the app“He said, “Now let it be also according to your words: the one with whom it is found will be my slave, and you will be innocent.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:10, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- according to your wordsדִבְרֵיdivre
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “divre” appears- with whom it is foundיִמָּצֵאyimatse
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimatse” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- my slaveעָבֶדaved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “aved” appears- innocentנְקִיִּםnekiyim
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “nekiyim” appears
The context
9Whoever of your servants is found with it, let him die, and we too will be slaves to my lord.”
10 · This verse (above)
11Quickly each man lowered his bag to the ground, and each man opened his bag.
To study Genesis 44 in a group
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?