Study it in the app“We said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, we will go down; for we cannot see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’”
We said,וַנֹּאמֶר‘We cannotלֹא נוּכַלgo down.לָרֶדֶתIfאִםour youngestהַקָּטֹןbrotherאָחִינוּisיֵשׁwith us,אִתָּנוּwe will go down;וְיָרַדְנוּforכִּיwe cannotלֹא נוּכַלseeלִרְאוֹתthe man’sהָאִישׁfaceפְּנֵיif our youngestוְ הַקָּטֹןbrotherאָחִינוּis notאֵינֶנּוּwith us.’אִתָּנוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “nomer” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “nuchal” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redet” appearsyoungest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katon” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears25And our father said, ‘Go back, buy us a little food.’
26 · This verse (above)
27Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
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?
