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Judahיְהוּדָהand his brothersוְאֶחָיוcameוַיָּבֹאto Joseph’sיוֹסֵףhouse,בֵּיתָהand heוְהוּאwas stillעוֹדֶנּוּthere;שָׁםand they fellוַיִּפְּלוּbefore himלְפָנָיוto the ground.אָרְצָה
Genesis 44:14
Study it in the app“Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him to the ground.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:14, word by word
- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- and his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to Joseph’sיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- houseבֵּיתָbeta
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “beta” appears- and they fellיִּפְּלוּyiplu
fall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “yiplu” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- to the groundאָרְצָartsa
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears
The context
13They tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.
14 · This verse (above)
15Joseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Did you not know that a man such as I indeed practices divination?”
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?