What Does Genesis 42:28 Mean?

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to another”

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])

“is restored”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“My money”

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

“and lo”

lo!

“it is even in my sack”

properly, something expansive, i.e., a bag

“failed”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

“and their heart”

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything

“them and they were afraid”

to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)

“one”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to another”

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

this (often used adverb)

“hath done”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“What is this that God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of