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If you takeוּלְקַחְתֶּםthis oneאֶת זֶהalsoגַּםfrom meמֵעִם פָּנַיand harmאָסוֹןbefalls him,וְקָרָהוּyou will bring downוְהוֹרַדְתֶּםmy gray hairאֶת שֵׂיבָתִיin miseryבְּרָעָהto Sheol.’שְׁאֹלָה
Genesis 44:29
Study it in the app“If you take this one also from me and harm befalls him, you will bring down my gray hair in misery to Sheol.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:29, word by word
- If you takeלְקַחְתֶּםlekachtem
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lekachtem” appears- from meפָּנַpana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pana” appears- and harmאָסוֹןason
harm
Misfortune, serious harm.
Where else “ason” appears- befalls himקָרָkara
befall
For an event to come upon someone without his seeking it.
Where else “kara” appears- you will bring downהוֹרַדְתֶּםhoradtem
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horadtem” appears- my gray hairשֵׂיבָתִsevati
old age, gray hair
Old age; gray hair.
Where else “sevati” appears- in miseryרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- to Sheol.’שְׁאֹלָsheola
Sheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheola” appears
The context
28One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have not seen him since.
29 · This verse (above)
30Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the young man is not with us, since his soul is bound up with his soul,
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?