Verse 23

{ "verseID": "Genesis.44.23", "source": "וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ אִם־לֹ֥א יֵרֵ֛ד אֲחִיכֶ֥ם הַקָּטֹ֖ן אִתְּכֶ֑ם לֹ֥א תֹסִפ֖וּן לִרְא֥וֹת פָּנָֽי׃", "text": "And *wattōʾmer* to *ʾel*-your servants *ʿăbādeykā* if *ʾim*-not *lōʾ* comes down *yērēd* your brother *ʾăḥîkem* the *haqqāṭōn* with you *ʾittəkem* not *lōʾ* you shall continue *tōsîpûn* to see *lirʾôt* my face *pānāy*", "grammar": { "*wattōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you said", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to", "*ʿăbādeykā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants", "*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yērēd*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - comes down", "*ʾăḥîkem*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your brother", "*haqqāṭōn*": "definite article + masculine singular adjective - the youngest", "*ʾittəkem*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - with you", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*tōsîpûn*": "Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun - you shall continue", "*lirʾôt*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to see", "*pānāy*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my face" }, "variants": { "*wattōʾmer*": "and you said/and you told", "*ʿăbādeykā*": "your servants/your slaves", "*yērēd*": "comes down/descends", "*ʾăḥîkem haqqāṭōn*": "your youngest brother/your little brother", "*tōsîpûn*": "you shall continue/you shall add/you shall do again", "*lirʾôt pānāy*": "to see my face/to appear before me/to be in my presence" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Genesis.43.3", "source": "וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלָ֛יו יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הָעֵ֣ד הֵעִד֩ בָּ֨נוּ הָאִ֤ישׁ לֵאמֹר֙ לֹֽא־תִרְא֣וּ פָנַ֔י בִּלְתִּ֖י אֲחִיכֶ֥ם אִתְּכֶֽם׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* to him *yəhûdâ* *lēʾmōr*: *hāʿēd hēʿid* in us the *ʾîš* *lēʾmōr*: not-*tirʾû* my *pānay* *biltî* your *ʾăḥîkem* with you", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*yəhûdâ*": "proper noun - Judah", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying", "*hāʿēd hēʿid*": "hiphil infinitive absolute + hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - strongly warned/solemnly warned", "*bānû*": "preposition + 1st person plural suffix - in us/against us", "*hāʾîš*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the man", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying", "*lōʾ-tirʾû*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall not see", "*pānay*": "masculine plural noun construct + 1st person singular suffix - my face", "*biltî*": "conjunction/preposition - without/except", "*ʾăḥîkem*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brother", "*ʾittəkem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - with you" }, "variants": { "*hāʿēd hēʿid*": "solemnly warned/strongly admonished/earnestly testified", "*bānû*": "against us/among us/in us", "*pānay*": "my face/my presence", "*biltî*": "without/except/unless" } }
  • Gen 43:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Genesis.43.5", "source": "וְאִם־אֵינְךָ֥ מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ לֹ֣א נֵרֵ֑ד כִּֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אָמַ֤ר אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙ לֹֽא־תִרְא֣וּ פָנַ֔י בִּלְתִּ֖י אֲחִיכֶ֥ם אִתְּכֶֽם׃", "text": "And if-*ʾênəkā* *məšallēaḥ* not *nērēd*; for-the *ʾîš* *ʾāmar* to us not-*tirʾû* my *pānay* *biltî* your *ʾăḥîkem* with you", "grammar": { "*wəʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - and if", "*ʾênəkā*": "particle of negation + 2nd masculine singular suffix - you are not", "*məšallēaḥ*": "piel participle masculine singular - sending", "*lōʾ nērēd*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will not go down", "*kî-hāʾîš*": "conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun - for the man", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he said", "*ʾēlênû*": "preposition + 1st person plural suffix - to us", "*lōʾ-tirʾû*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall not see", "*pānay*": "masculine plural noun construct + 1st person singular suffix - my face", "*biltî*": "conjunction/preposition - without/except", "*ʾăḥîkem*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brother", "*ʾittəkem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - with you" }, "variants": { "*məšallēaḥ*": "sending/letting go", "*nērēd*": "go down/descend", "*pānay*": "my face/my presence", "*biltî*": "without/except/unless" } }
  • Gen 42:15-20 : 15 { "verseID": "Genesis.42.15", "source": "בְּזֹ֖את תִּבָּחֵ֑נוּ חֵ֤י פַרְעֹה֙ אִם־תֵּצְא֣וּ מִזֶּ֔ה כִּ֧י אִם־בְּב֛וֹא אֲחִיכֶ֥ם הַקָּטֹ֖ן הֵֽנָּה׃", "text": "By-*zōʾt* *tibbāḥēnû*: *ḥê* *parʿōh* if-*tēṣĕʾû* from-here, except if-in-*bĕbôʾ* *ʾăḥîkem* *haqqāṭōn* here.", "grammar": { "*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*tibbāḥēnû*": "niphal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will be tested", "*ḥê*": "construct form of adjective, masculine singular - life of", "*parʿōh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Pharaoh", "*tēṣĕʾû*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will go out", "*bĕbôʾ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - in coming", "*ʾăḥîkem*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brother", "*haqqāṭōn*": "definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the youngest" }, "variants": { "*ḥê*": "by the life of/as surely as lives" } } 16 { "verseID": "Genesis.42.16", "source": "שִׁלְח֨וּ מִכֶּ֣ם אֶחָד֮ וְיִקַּ֣ח אֶת־אֲחִיכֶם֒ וְאַתֶּם֙ הֵאָ֣סְר֔וּ וְיִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙ דִּבְרֵיכֶ֔ם הַֽאֱמֶ֖ת אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְאִם־לֹ֕א חֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה כִּ֥י מְרַגְּלִ֖ים אַתֶּֽם׃", "text": "Send from-you one and let-him-*wĕyiqqaḥ* *ʾet*-your-brother, and you *hēʾāsĕrû*, and let-be-*wĕyibbāḥănû* your-words, whether-the-*hāʾĕmet* with-you; and if-not, *ḥê* *parʿōh*, that *mĕraggĕlîm* you.", "grammar": { "*wĕyiqqaḥ*": "waw-consecutive qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will take", "*hēʾāsĕrû*": "niphal imperative, 2nd masculine plural - be bound/imprisoned", "*wĕyibbāḥănû*": "waw-consecutive niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they will be tested", "*hāʾĕmet*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the truth", "*ḥê*": "construct form of adjective, masculine singular - life of", "*parʿōh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Pharaoh", "*mĕraggĕlîm*": "piel participle, masculine plural - spies" }, "variants": { "*hēʾāsĕrû*": "be bound/be imprisoned/be confined", "*hāʾĕmet*": "truth/faithfulness" } } 17 { "verseID": "Genesis.42.17", "source": "וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף אֹתָ֛ם אֶל־מִשְׁמָ֖ר שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים׃", "text": "And *wayyeʾĕsōp* them to-*mišmār* three *yāmîm*.", "grammar": { "*wayyeʾĕsōp*": "waw-consecutive qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he gathered/put", "*mišmār*": "noun, masculine singular - custody/ward/prison", "*yāmîm*": "noun, masculine plural - days" }, "variants": { "*mišmār*": "custody/prison/guard/detention" } } 18 { "verseID": "Genesis.42.18", "source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֤ם יוֹסֵף֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י זֹ֥את עֲשׂ֖וּ וִֽחְי֑וּ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲנִ֥י יָרֵֽא׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* to-them *yôsēp* on-*bayyôm* *haššĕlîšî*: *zōʾt* *ʿăśû* and *wiḥyû*; *ʾet*-*hāʾĕlōhîm* I *yārēʾ*.", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*yôsēp*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Joseph", "*bayyôm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the day", "*haššĕlîšî*": "definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular - the third", "*zōʾt*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this", "*ʿăśû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - do", "*wiḥyû*": "waw-consecutive qal imperative, masculine plural - and live", "*hāʾĕlōhîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - God", "*yārēʾ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - fearing" }, "variants": { "*yārēʾ*": "fearing/revering/in awe of" } } 19 { "verseID": "Genesis.42.19", "source": "אִם־כֵּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם אֲחִיכֶ֣ם אֶחָ֔ד יֵאָסֵ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑ם וְאַתֶּם֙ לְכ֣וּ הָבִ֔יאוּ שֶׁ֖בֶר רַעֲב֥וֹן בָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃", "text": "If-*kēnîm* you, *ʾăḥîkem* one *yēʾāsēr* in *bêt* your-*mišmarkem*; and you, go, *hābîʾû* *šeber* *raʿăbôn* your-*bāttêkem*.", "grammar": { "*kēnîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - honest/truthful", "*ʾăḥîkem*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your brother", "*yēʾāsēr*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be bound", "*bêt*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of", "*mišmarkem*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your guard/prison", "*hābîʾû*": "hiphil imperative, masculine plural - bring", "*šeber*": "noun, masculine singular - grain", "*raʿăbôn*": "noun, masculine singular - hunger/famine", "*bāttêkem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your houses" }, "variants": { "*kēnîm*": "honest/truthful/upright", "*šeber*": "grain/food/provisions", "*raʿăbôn*": "hunger/famine/starvation" } } 20 { "verseID": "Genesis.42.20", "source": "וְאֶת־אֲחִיכֶ֤ם הַקָּטֹן֙ תָּבִ֣יאוּ אֵלַ֔י וְיֵאָמְנ֥וּ דִבְרֵיכֶ֖ם וְלֹ֣א תָמ֑וּתוּ וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵֽן׃", "text": "And *ʾet*-*ʾaḥîkem* the *qaṭōn* *tāḇîʾû* to-me, and *yēʾāmnû* *diḇrêkem* and not *tāmûtû*; and *yaʿaśû*-*ḵēn*.", "grammar": { "*ʾet*": "direct object marker, indicating accusative", "*ʾaḥîkem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your brothers", "*qaṭōn*": "adjective, masculine singular - younger/smallest", "*tāḇîʾû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall bring", "*yēʾāmnû*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be confirmed/verified", "*diḇrêkem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your words", "*tāmûtû*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will die", "*yaʿaśû*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - they did", "*ḵēn*": "adverb - so/thus" }, "variants": { "*ʾaḥîkem*": "your brother/brothers/kinsman", "*qaṭōn*": "young/small/youngest/least significant", "*tāḇîʾû*": "bring/carry/lead", "*yēʾāmnû*": "be verified/confirmed/established/believed/trusted", "*diḇrêkem*": "your words/matters/things", "*tāmûtû*": "die/perish", "*yaʿaśû*": "did/made/produced/accomplished", "*ḵēn*": "so/thus/therefore/rightly" } }