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The fieldהַשָּׂדֶהand the caveוְהַמְּעָרָהthatאֲשֶׁרis in itבּוֹwere acquiredמִקְנֵהfromמֵאֵתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Heth.”חֵת
Genesis 49:32
Study it in the app“The field and the cave that is in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 49:32, word by word
- The fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- and the caveמְּעָרָהmeara
cave
Cave.
Where else “meara” appears- were acquiredמִקְנֵהmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Hethחֵתchet
Heth
Heth, son of Canaan, from whom the Hittites (the "sons of Heth") came.
Where else “chet” appears
The context
31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32 · This verse (above)
33When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
To study Genesis 49 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob say about Judah and Joseph in his blessings (vv. 8-12, 22-26)?
2. What it means
What does it show that Jacob gave each son a different blessing (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
How can you recognize what is distinct and unique in each person in your family?