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Forכִּיhowאֵיךְcan I go upאֶעֱלֶהto my fatherאֶל אָבִיif the young manוְהַנַּעַרis notאֵינֶנּוּwith me?אִתִּיLet me not seeפֶּן אֶרְאֶהthe evilבָרָעthatאֲשֶׁרwould come uponיִמְצָאmy father.”אֶת אָבִי
Genesis 44:34
Study it in the app“For 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:34, word by word
- can I go upאֶעֱלֶהeele
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “eele” appears- to my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- if the young manנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- Let me not seeאֶרְאֶהere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- the evilרָעra
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “ra” appears- would come uponיִמְצָאyimtsa
meet
To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.
Where else “yimtsa” appears
The context
33Now 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.
34 · This verse (above)
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?