The Meaning of Genesis 43:6 Explained

Genesis 43:6

KJV: And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

YLT: And Israel saith, 'Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'

Darby: And Israel said, Why did ye deal so ill with me as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

ASV: And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Israel  said,  Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill  with me, [as] to tell  the man  whether ye had yet a brother? 

What does Genesis 43:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 43:1-15 - The Brothers Return With Benjamin
Joseph, in giving corn to save his own brethren and the Egyptians from starvation, is a type of our Lord, who gives the bread of life to Jew and Gentile-to all that come to Him in their hopeless need. And in this return of the full money in the sacks we are reminded that salvation is without money and without price. Whatever we bring to enrich Christ He returns to us. His gifts are all of His unmerited grace and favor. Very often we move forward with dread into the unknown; but that dread is the child of ignorance. If only we realized that love is waiting for us there, which does not ask for balm and honey, for spices and myrrh, but just for ourselves, how much happier life would become! Lift up your hearts; a feast awaits you! [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 43

1  Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin
15  Joseph entertains his brothers
19  They discover their fears to the steward
26  Joseph makes them a feast

What do the individual words in Genesis 43:6 mean?

And said Israel why dealt you ill to me [as] to tell the man you had yet to you a brother
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָמָ֥ה הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם לִ֑י לְהַגִּ֣יד לָאִ֔ישׁ הַע֥וֹד לָכֶ֖ם ؟ אָֽח

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
לָמָ֥ה  why 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם  dealt  you  ill 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: מֵרֵעַ 
Sense: to be bad, be evil.
לִ֑י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
לְהַגִּ֣יד  [as]  to  tell 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
לָאִ֔ישׁ  the  man 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
הַע֥וֹד  you  had  yet 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
לָכֶ֖ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
؟ אָֽח  a  brother 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.

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