Study it in the app“when 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.”
when he seesוְהָיָה כִּרְאוֹתוֹthatכִּיthe young manהַנַּעַרis not there,אֵיןhe will die,וָמֵתand your servantsוְ עֲבָדֶיךָwill bring downהוֹרִידוּthe gray hairאֶת שֵׂיבַתof your servantעַבְדְּךָour fatherאָבִינוּin sorrowבְּיָגוֹןto Sheol.שְׁאֹלָה
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horidu” appearsold age, gray hair
Old age; gray hair.
Where else “sevat” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearssorrow, grief
Deep sorrow, grief.
Where else “yagon” appearsSheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheola” appears30Now 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,
31 · This verse (above)
32For your servant became surety for the young man to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him to you, then I will have sinned against my father for all time.’
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?
