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Let Pharaohפַרְעֹהact,יַעֲשֶׂהand appointוְיַפְקֵדoverseersפְּקִדִיםoverעַלthe land,הָאָרֶץand take a fifthוְחִמֵּשׁof the landאֶת אֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםin the sevenבְּשֶׁבַעyearsשְׁנֵיof abundance.הַשָּׂבָע
Genesis 41:34
Study it in the app“Let Pharaoh act, and appoint overseers over the land, and take a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:34, word by word
- Let Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- actיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- and appointיַפְקֵדyafked
appoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “yafked” appears- overseersפְּקִדִיםpekidim
overseer
Overseer, officer in charge.
Where else “pekidim” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and take a fifthחִמֵּשׁchimesh
take a fifth
Collect a fifth of the harvest.
Where else “chimesh” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- in the sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- yearsשְׁנֵיshene
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shene” appears- of abundanceשָּׂבָעsava
plenty
Plenty: having more than enough to eat.
Where else “sava” 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
33Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 · This verse (above)
35Let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh, as food in the cities, and let them keep it.
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?