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Genesis 42:24 — King James Version← Study notes

And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.


Genesis 42:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 42:2414 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּסֹּ֥בwayisōb
and he turned awayconjH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
מֵֽ/עֲלֵי/הֶ֖םmēʿălēyhem
from with thempronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/יֵּ֑בְךְּwayēbəkə
and he weptconjH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
וַ/יָּ֤שָׁבwayāšāb
and he returnedconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ʾălēhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣רwayədabēr
and he spokeconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֲלֵ/הֶ֔םʾălēhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/יִּקַּ֤חwayiqaḥ
and he tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
מֵֽ/אִתָּ/ם֙mēʾitām
from with thempronH854
among · before · by · for ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שִׁמְע֔וֹןšiməʿwōn
SimeonnounH8095
וַ/יֶּאֱסֹ֥רwayeʾĕsōr
and he boundconjH631
fast · gird · harness · hold ···
אֹת֖/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽםləʿēynēyhem
to eyes theirpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Joseph Wept
As his brothers confess their guilt, Joseph steps away and weeps. His emotion is not performed for their benefit - it's real, private, internal. Then he comes back and continues his plan. Emotional c...
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