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Then he sent offוַיְשַׁלַּחhis brothers,אֶת אֶחָיוand they went;וַיֵּלֵכוּand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Do notאַלquarrelתִּרְגְּזוּon the way.”בַּדָּרֶךְ
Genesis 45:24
Study it in the app“Then he sent off his brothers, and they went; and he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 45:24, word by word
- Then he sent offיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalach” appears- his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- and they wentיֵּלֵכוּyelechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelechu” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- quarrelתִּרְגְּזוּtirgzu
rage
To rage and be in an uproar, or to disturb others.
Where else “tirgzu” appears- on the wayדָּרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears
The context
23And to his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys carrying some of the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain, bread, and provisions for his father for the journey.
24 · This verse (above)
25They went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.
To study Genesis 45 in a group
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when he made himself known (vv. 3-5)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Joseph says Elohim sent him ahead of them to preserve life (vv. 5-8)?
3. How I live it
How can you look with a wider view at someone who hurt you, without denying the pain?