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Now therefore,וְעַתָּהpleaseנָאlet your servantעַבְדְּךָremainיֵשֶׁבinstead ofתַּחַתthe young manהַנַּעַרas a slaveעֶבֶדto my lord,לַאדֹנִיand let the young manוְהַנַּעַרgo upיַעַלwith his brothers.עִם אֶחָיו
Genesis 44:33
Study it in the app“Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the young man as a slave to my lord, and let the young man go up with his brothers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:33, word by word
- let your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- remainיֵשֶׁבyeshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- the young manנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- to my lordאדֹנִdoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “doni” appears- go upיַעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- with his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears
The context
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.’
33 · This verse (above)
34For how can I go up to my father if the young man is not with me? Let me not see the evil that would come upon my father.”
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?