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Your servantעַבְדְּךָmy fatherאָבִיsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto us,אֵלֵינוּ‘Youאַתֶּםknowיְדַעְתֶּםthatכִּיmy wifeאִשְׁתִּיboreיָלְדָהmeלִּיtwo sons.שְׁנַיִם
Genesis 44:27
Study it in the app“Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:27, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- knowיְדַעְתֶּםyedatem
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedatem” appears- my wifeאִשְׁתִּishti
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “ishti” appears- boreיָלְדָהyalda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appears- two sonsשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears
The context
26We 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.’
27 · This verse (above)
28One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have not seen him since.
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?