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Now therefore,וְעַתָּהwhen I comeכְּבֹאִיto your servantאֶל עַבְדְּךָmy fatherאָבִיand the young manוְהַנַּעַרis notאֵינֶנּוּwith us,אִתָּנוּsince his soulוְנַפְשׁוֹis bound upקְשׁוּרָהwith his soul,בְנַפְשׁוֹ
Genesis 44:30
Study it in the app“Now 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:30, word by word
- when I comeבֹאִvoi
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “voi” 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- and the young manנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- since his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- is bound upקְשׁוּרָהkeshura
bind
To knot something fast; or be joined to another.
Where else “keshura” appears
The context
29If you take this one also from me and harm befalls him, you will bring down my gray hair in misery to Sheol.’
30 · This verse (above)
31when he sees that the young man is not there, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to Sheol.
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?