Study it in the app“When 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.””
When allכָּלthe landאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwas hungry,וַתִּרְעַבthe peopleהָעָםcried outוַיִּצְעַקto Pharaohאֶל פַּרְעֹהfor bread.לַלָּחֶםPharaohפַּרְעֹהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto allלְכָלthe Egyptians,מִצְרַיִם“Goלְכוּto Joseph;אֶל יוֹסֵףwhatאֲשֶׁרhe tellsיֹאמַרyouלָכֶםdo.”תַּעֲשׂוּ
people
The people who live on the earth.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsbe hungry
Be hungry.
Where else “tirav” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearscry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “yitsak” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachem” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsEgyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” 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” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” 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).
54and 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.
55 · This verse (above)
56The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the storehouses that were in them and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine grew strong in the land of Egypt.
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?
