Genesis

Genesis 42:37

³⁷Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”

Read all of Genesis 42

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Reuben	רְאוּבֵן֙	rə·’ū·ḇên	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7205 Reuben
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
his father	אָבִ֣יו	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
You may kill	תָּמִ֔ית	tā·mîṯ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H4191 die
my two	שְׁנֵ֤י	šə·nê	Number - masculine dual construct	H8147 two
sons	בָנַי֙	ḇā·nay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H1121 son
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I fail	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to bring him back	אֲבִיאֶ֖נּוּ	’ă·ḇî·’en·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to you	אֵלֶ֑יךָ	’ê·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H413 motion to
Put	תְּנָ֤ה	tə·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
him	אֹתוֹ֙	’ō·ṯōw	Direct object marker; third person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
in	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
my care	יָדִ֔י	yā·ḏî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3027 hand
and I	וַאֲנִ֖י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
will return him	אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ	’ă·šî·ḇen·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Genesis 46:9 · Micah 6:7

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.