Study it in the app“and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.”
and the sevenוַ שֶׁבַעyearsשְׁנֵיof famineהָרָעָבbeganתְּחִלֶּינָהto come,לָבוֹאjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרJosephיוֹסֵףhad said.אָמַרThere wasוַיְהִיfamineרָעָבin allבְּכָלthe lands,הָאֲרָצוֹתbut in allוּבְכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםthere wasהָיָהbread.לָחֶם
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shene” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsbegin
To start doing something.
Where else “techilena” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appearsJoseph
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “aratsot” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” 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).
53The seven years of abundance that had been in the land of Egypt came to an end,
54 · This verse (above)
55When all the land of Egypt was hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; what he tells you do.”
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?
