Study it in the app“And 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.’”
And we saidוַנֹּאמֶרto my lord,אֶל אֲדֹנִי‘We haveיֶשׁ לָנוּan oldזָקֵןfatherאָבand a youngוְ קָטָןchildיֶלֶדof his old age;זְקֻנִיםhis brotherוְאָחִיוis dead,מֵתand heהוּאaloneלְבַדּוֹis leftוַיִּוָּתֵרof his mother,לְאִמּוֹand his fatherוְאָבִיוloves him.’אֲהֵבוֹ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “nomer” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearsold
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appearsyoungest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katan” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeled” appearsold age
Old age.
Where else “zekunim” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appearsbe left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “yivater” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appearslove
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahev” appears19My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20 · This verse (above)
21Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, so that I may set my eyes on him.’
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?
