24
Whenוַיְהִי כִּיwe went upעָלִינוּto your servantאֶל עַבְדְּךָmy father,אָבִיwe toldוַנַּגֶּדhimלוֹthe wordsאֵת דִּבְרֵיof my lord.אֲדֹנִי
Genesis 44:24
Study it in the app“When we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:24, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- we went upעָלִינוּalinu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alinu” appears- to your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- we toldנַּגֶּדnaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “naged” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears
The context
23But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24 · This verse (above)
25And our father said, ‘Go back, buy us a little food.’
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?