Genesis 42:21
They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- אָשֵׁםʼâshêmguilty; hence, presenting asin-offering
- אֲבָלʼăbâlnay, i.e. truly or yet
- צָרָהtsârâhtightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
- חָנַןchânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to im
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherwho, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, i
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively,
+3 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Hos 5:15, Job 36:8–9, Mrk 9:43–45, Gen 37:23–28, Luk 16:28, Jer 2:17, Pro 1:27–28, Pro 24:11–12