Genesis 43:8 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 43:8

And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.

BSB

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ASV

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

KJV

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Send the lad with me - As the original is not ילד yeled, from which we have derived our word lad, but נער naar, it would have been better had our translators rendered it by some other term, such as the youth, or the young man, and thus the distinction in the Hebrew would have been better kept up. Benjamin was at this time at least twenty-four years of age, some think thirty, and had a family of his own.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוּדָ֜ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אָבִ֗יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
שִׁלְחָ֥ה	shil.Chah	send !	H7971 →
הַנַּ֛עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the young man	H5288 →
אִתִּ֖י	'i.Ti	with me	H854 →
וְנָק֣וּמָה	ve.na.Ku.mah	so let us arise	H6965 →
וְנֵלֵ֑כָה	ve.ne.Le.khah	and we will go	H1980 →
וְנִֽחְיֶה֙	ve.nich.Yeh	and we may live	H2421 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
נָמ֔וּת	na.Mut	we will die	H4191 →
גַּם־	gam-	both	H1571 →
אֲנַ֥חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	we	H587 →
גַם־	gam-	as well as	H1571 →
אַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
גַּם־	gam-	as well as	H1571 →
טַפֵּֽנוּ׃	ta.Pe.nu	little one[s] our	H2945 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezra 8:21
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 20:3
  Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
- Joel 1:14
  Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
- Isaiah 30:21
  And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- 1 Samuel 7:6
  When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged…
- Jonah 3:5
  And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
Through
Deuteronomy 33:6
Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”
leads to
- Numbers 32:31–32
  The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
- Genesis 49:8
  Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- Joshua 22:1–9
  Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh