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But you saidוַתֹּאמֶרto your servants,אֶל עֲבָדֶיךָ‘Unlessאִם לֹאyour youngestהַקָּטֹןbrotherאֲחִיכֶםcomes downיֵרֵדwith you,אִתְּכֶםyou will notלֹאseeלִרְאוֹתmy faceפָּנָיagain.’תֹסִפוּן
Genesis 44:23
Study it in the app“But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:23, word by word
- But 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- your youngestקָּטֹןkaton
youngest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katon” appears- brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- comes downיֵרֵדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears- seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- my faceפָּנָpana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pana” appears- again.’תֹסִפוּtosifu
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosifu” appears
The context
22We said to my lord, ‘The young man cannot leave his father; if he leaves his father, he would die.’
23 · This verse (above)
24When we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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?