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Pharaohפַּרְעֹהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Joseph,אֶל יוֹסֵף“Iאֲנִיam Pharaoh,פַרְעֹהand without youוּבִלְעָדֶיךָnoלֹאoneאִישׁwill liftיָרִיםhis handאֶת יָדוֹor his footוְאֶת רַגְלוֹin allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt.”מִצְרָיִם
Genesis 41:44
Study it in the app“Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without you no one will lift his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:44, word by word
- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- and without youבִלְעָדֶיvilade
except
Except, besides, apart from.
Where else “vilade” appears- oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- will liftיָרִיםyarim
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “yarim” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- or his footרַגְלragl
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragl” 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
43He had him ride in the second chariot that he had, and they cried out before him, “Abrek!” So he set him over all the land of Egypt.
44 · This verse (above)
45Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as a wife. And Joseph went out over 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?