THEOSISGenesis 44:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And thou saidst to thy servants: Bring him hither to me, and I will set my eyes on him.
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ אֵלָ֑י וְאָשִׂ֥ימָה עֵינִ֖י עָלָֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 42:15I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao, you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.
- Gen 42:20And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said.
- Gen 43:29And Joseph lifting up his eyes, saw Benjamin, his brother by the same mother, and said: Is this your young brother, of whom you told me? And he said: God be gracious to thee, my son.
- Jer 24:6And I will set my eyes upon them to be pacified, and I will bring them again into this land: and I will build them up, and not pull them down: and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- Amos 9:4And if they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
- Jer 40:4Now then behold I have loosed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hands: if it please thee to come with me to Babylon, come: and I will set my eyes upon thee: but if it do not please thee to come with me to Babylon, stay here: behold all the land is before thee, as thou shalt choose, and whither it shall please thee to go, thither go.