Study it in the app“Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt.”
Josephוְיוֹסֵףwas thirtyבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁיםyears oldשָׁנָהwhen he stoodבְּעָמְדוֹbeforeלִפְנֵיPharaohפַּרְעֹהkingמֶלֶךְof Egypt.מִצְרָיִםAnd Josephוַ יוֹסֵףwent outיֵּצֵאfrom the presenceמִלִּפְנֵיof Pharaohפַרְעֹהand passedוַיַּעְבֹרthrough allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
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” appearsyears old
To give someone's age, how long they have lived.
Where else “ben” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearsage
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appearsstand before
"Stand before" someone: to serve them.
Where else “amd” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yavor” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt
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).
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.
46 · This verse (above)
47In the seven years of abundance the land produced by handfuls.
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?
