Genesis 43:7

And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
man	הָ֠אִישׁ Ha.'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
asked	שָׁא֣וֹל sha.'ol	H7592	to inquire · verb, qal infinitive absolute
straitly	שָֽׁאַל sha.'al-	H7592	to inquire · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
kindred	וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּ u.le.mo.lad.Te.nu	H4138	nativity (plural birth-place) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
saying	לֵאמֹ֗ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
father	אֲבִיכֶ֥ם 'a.vi.Khem	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
alive	חַי֙ chai	H2416	alive · adjective, masculine singular absolute
ye	הֲיֵ֣שׁ ha.Yesh	H3426	there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be · interrogative particle + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
brother	אָ֔ח 'Ach	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine singular absolute
told	וַנַ֨גֶּד va.Na.ged-	H5046	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 1st person common plural
according	עַל 'al-	H5921	above · preposition
tenor	פִּ֖י pi	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · noun, common masculine singular construct
words	הַדְּבָרִ֣ים ha.de.va.Rim	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
certainly	הֲיָד֣וֹעַ ha.ya.Do.a'	H3045	to know (properly · interrogative particle + verb, qal infinitive absolute
know	נֵדַ֔ע ne.Da'	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural
say	יֹאמַ֔ר yo.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Bring	הוֹרִ֖ידוּ ho.Ri.du	H3381	to descend (literally · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
brother	אֲחִיכֶֽם 'a.chi.Khem	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
down	יָרַד yârad	H3381	to descend (literally

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Genesis 42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our f…
Genesis 43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:1-10

Here, 1. Jacob urges his sons to go and buy more corn in Egypt, Gen 43:1, Gen 43:2. The famine continued; and the corn they had bought was all spent, for it is meat that perisheth. Jacob, as a good master of a family, is in care to provide for those of his own house food convenient; and shall not God provide for his children, for the household of faith? Jacob bids them go again and buy a little food; now, in time of scarcity, a little must suffice, for nature is content with a little. 2. Judah urges him to consent that Benjamin should go down with them, how much soever it went against his feelings and previous determination. Note, It is not at all inconsistent with the honour and duty which…

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John Gill on Genesis 43:6

And Israel said,.... In answer to the speech of Judah: wherefore dealt ye so ill with me; had done that which brought so much evil upon him, gave him so much grief and trouble, and threw him into such perplexity and distress, that he knew not what to do, or course to take: as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? which he thought was done imprudently and unadvisedly, and that there was no need of it; which, had it not been done, would have prevented this anxiety of mind he was now in, and the mischief he feared would follow.1

John Calvin on Genesis 43:3-10

And Judah spake unto him, saying. Judah seems to feign something, for the purpose of extorting from his father what he knew he would not freely grant; but it is probable that many discourses had been held on both sides, which Moses, according to his custom, has not related. And since Joseph so ardently desired the sight of his brother Benjamin, it is not surprising that he should have labored, in every possible way, to obtain it. It may also have happened that he had caused some notification or legal summons to be served, by which his brother was cited to make his appearance, as in judicial causes. This however deserves to be noticed, that Moses relates the long disputation which Jacob had w…

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Dictionary and topics

Judah — Praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah”…
Judah · .Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain) — .Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain)

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 43:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:1-10

John Gill on Genesis 43:6

John Calvin on Genesis 43:3-10

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 43:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:1-10

John Gill on Genesis 43:6

John Calvin on Genesis 43:3-10

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 43:6-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 43:1-7

Rashi on Genesis 43:7