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Nowוְעַתָּהlet Pharaohפַרְעֹהlook forיֵרֶאa manאִישׁdiscerningנָבוֹןand wiseוְחָכָםand set himוִישִׁיתֵהוּoverעַלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Genesis 41:33
Study it in the app“Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise and set him over the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:33, word by word
- let Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- look forיֵרֶאyere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yere” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- discerningנָבוֹןnavon
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “navon” appears- and wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- and set himישִׁיתֵyshite
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “yshite” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
32As for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is fixed by Elohim, and Elohim is hurrying to do it.
33 · This verse (above)
34Let Pharaoh act, and appoint overseers over the land, and take a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.
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?