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Thisהוּאis the thingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרI saidדִּבַּרְתִּיto Pharaoh:אֶל פַּרְעֹהwhatאֲשֶׁרElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםis about to doעֹשֶׂהhe has shownהֶרְאָהPharaoh.אֶת פַּרְעֹה
Genesis 41:28
Study it in the app“This is the thing that I said to Pharaoh: what Elohim is about to do he has shown Pharaoh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:28, word by word
- is the thingדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- I saidדִּבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- to Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- is about to doעֹשֶׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- he has shownהֶרְאָהhera
show
To make someone see something.
Where else “hera” appears
The context
27And the seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, scorched by the east wind, will be seven years of famine.
28 · This verse (above)
29Look, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt.
To study Genesis 41 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pharaoh dream, and what plan did Joseph propose (vv. 1-7, 33-36)?
2. What it means
Why did Pharaoh recognize that the spirit of Elohim was in Joseph (v. 38)?
3. How I live it
What can you wisely prepare today for hard times that might come?