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Then you saidוַתֹּאמֶרto your servants,אֶל עֲבָדֶיךָ‘Bring him downהוֹרִדֻהוּto me,אֵלָיso that I may setוְאָשִׂימָהmy eyesעֵינִיon him.’עָלָיו
Genesis 44:21
Study it in the app“Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, so that I may set my eyes on him.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:21, word by word
- Then you saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- to your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears- ‘Bring him downהוֹרִדֻhoridu
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horidu” appears- so that I may setאָשִׂימָהasima
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asima” appears- my eyesעֵינִeni
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “eni” appears
The context
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.’
21 · This verse (above)
22We said to my lord, ‘The young man cannot leave his father; if he leaves his father, he would die.’
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?