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To Josephוּלְיוֹסֵףwere bornיֻלַּדtwoשְׁנֵיsonsבָנִיםbeforeבְּטֶרֶםthe yearשְׁנַתof famineהָרָעָבcame,תָּבוֹאwhomאֲשֶׁרAsenath,אָסְנַתthe daughterבַּתof Potiphera,פּוֹטִי פֶרַעpriestכֹּהֵןof On,אוֹןboreיָלְדָהto him.לּוֹ
Genesis 41:50
Study it in the app“To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:50, word by word
- 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- were bornיֻלַּדyulad
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yulad” appears- twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- beforeטֶרֶםterem
not yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appears- the yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- of famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- cameתָּבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- Asenathאָסְנַתasnat
Asenath
Asenath, the Egyptian wife of Joseph, mother of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Where else “asnat” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Potipheraפּוֹטִיpoti
Potiphera
Potiphera, priest of the city of On, father-in-law of Joseph. He is not the Potiphar of Genesis 39.
Where else “poti” appears- priestכֹּהֵןkohen
pagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohen” appears- of Onאוֹןon
On
On, a city of Egypt, center of the worship of the sun.
Where else “on” appears
The context
49Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
50 · This verse (above)
51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For Elohim has made me forget all my toil and all the house of my father.”
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?