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Josephיוֹסֵףsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Whatמָהis thisהַזֶּהdeedהַמַּעֲשֶׂהthatאֲשֶׁרyou have done?עֲשִׂיתֶםDid you notהֲלוֹאknowיְדַעְתֶּםthatכִּיa manאִישׁsuch asאֲשֶׁר כָּמֹIנִיindeed practices divination?”נַחֵשׁ יְנַחֵשׁ
Genesis 44:15
Study it in the app“Joseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Did you not know that a man such as I indeed practices divination?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:15, word by word
- Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- deedמַּעֲשֶׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- you have doneעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appears- knowיְדַעְתֶּםyedatem
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedatem” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- indeed practices divinationנַחֵשׁnachesh
divine
Practice divination: look for omens to learn hidden things.
Where else “nachesh” appears
The context
14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him to the ground.
15 · This verse (above)
16Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? And how shall we declare ourselves righteous? Elohim has found out the iniquity of your servants. Here we are, slaves to my lord, both we and the one in whose hand the cup was found.”
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?