19
My lordאֲדֹנִיaskedשָׁאַל לֵאמֹרhis servants,אֶת עֲבָדָיו‘Do you haveהֲיֵשׁ לָכֶםa fatherאָבorאוֹa brother?’אָח
Genesis 44:19
Study it in the app“My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:19, word by word
- My lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- askedשָׁאַלshaal
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “shaal” appears- askedאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avaday” appears- a fatherאָבav
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appears- a brother?’אָחach
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ach” appears
The context
18Then Judah approached him and said, “Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.
19 · This verse (above)
20And we said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a young child of his old age; his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’
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?