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Is notהֲלוֹאthisזֶהthe one from whichאֲשֶׁר בּוֹmy lordאֲדֹנִיdrinks,יִשְׁתֶּהand by whichוְ בּוֹheהוּאindeed practices divination?נַחֵשׁ יְנַחֵשׁYou have done evilהֲרֵעֹתֶםin whatאֲשֶׁרyou have done.’”עֲשִׂיתֶם
Genesis 44:5
Study it in the app“Is not this the one from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in what you have done.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 44:5, word by word
- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- drinksיִשְׁתֶּהyishte
drink
Drink.
Where else “yishte” appears- indeed practices divinationנַחֵשׁnachesh
divine
Practice divination: look for omens to learn hidden things.
Where else “nachesh” appears- You have done evilהֲרֵעֹתֶםhareotem
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “hareotem” appears- you have done.’עֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appears
Translation note
That Joseph practices divination with the cup is said by the steward on Joseph’s orders (44:4-5), and Joseph repeats it in 44:15 (“a man such as I indeed practices divination”); the narrator does not say that Joseph practiced divination. Earlier Joseph had said that interpretations belong to Elohim (40:8; 41:16).
The context
4They had gone out of the city and had not gone far when Joseph said to the one over his house, “Get up, pursue the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
5 · This verse (above)
6He overtook them and spoke to them these words.
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?