Genesis 44:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Then you saidוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙
(vat·to·mer)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
to your servants,עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
(a·va·dei·cha,)
5650: slave, servantfrom abad
Bring him downהֹורִדֻ֖הוּ
(ho·v·ri·du·hu)
3381: to come or go down, descenda prim. root
to me that I may setוְאָשִׂ֥ימָה
(ve·'a·si·mah)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
my eyesעֵינִ֖י
(ei·ni)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation
on him.' 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
And thou saidst
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto thy servants
`ebed  (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Bring him down
yarad  (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
unto me that I may set
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
mine eyes
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
upon him
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.'

King James Bible
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him to me so that I can see him.'

International Standard Version
"But then you ordered your servants, 'Bring him here to me so I can see him for myself.'

NET Bible
"Then you told your servants, 'Bring him down to me so I can see him.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Then you said to us, 'Bring him here to me so that I can see him myself.'

King James 2000 Bible
And you said unto your servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set my eyes upon him.
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