Genesis 42:24
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
He turned awayוַיִּסֹּ֥ב
(vai·yis·sov)
5437: to turn about, go around, surrounda prim. root
from them and wept.וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ
(vai·ye·ve·ke;)
1058: to weep, bewaila prim. root
But when he returnedוַיָּ֤שָׁב
(vai·ya·shav)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
to them and spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֣ר
(vay·dab·ber)
1696: to speaka prim. root
to them, he tookוַיִּקַּ֤ח
(vai·yik·kach)
3947: to takea prim. root
Simeonשִׁמְעֹ֔ון
(shim·'o·vn,)
8095: a son of Jacob, also his tribe, also an Isr. with a foreign wifefrom shama
from them and boundוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ר
(vai·ye·'e·sor)
631: to tie, bind, imprisona prim. root
him before their eyes.לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃
(le·'ei·nei·hem.)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
And he turned himself about
cabab  (saw-bab')
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
from them and wept
bakah  (baw-kaw')
to weep; generally to bemoan -- at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, more, mourn, sore, with tears, weep.
and returned to them again
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
and communed
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
with them and took
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
from them Simeon
Shim`own  (shim-one')
hearing; Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him -- Simeon.
and bound
'acar  (aw-sar')
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
him before their eyes
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He turned away from them and wept. Then he turned back and spoke to them. He took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

International Standard Version
He turned away from them and began to weep. When he returned, he spoke with them, but then he took Simeon away from them and had him placed under arrest right in front of them.

NET Bible
He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, he had Simeon taken from them and tied up before their eyes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He stepped away from them to cry. When he could speak to them again, he came back. Then he picked Simeon and had him arrested right in front of their eyes.

King James 2000 Bible
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and spoke with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
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