Study it in the app“The 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.”
The famineוְהָרָעָבwasהָיָהover allעַל כָּלthe faceפְּנֵיof the earth,הָאָרֶץand Josephוַ יוֹסֵףopenedיִּפְתַּחallאֶת כָּלthe storehouses thatאֲשֶׁרwere in themבָּהֶםand sold grainוַיִּשְׁבֹּרto the Egyptians;לְמִצְרַיִםand the famineוַ הָרָעָבgrew strongיֶּחֱזַקin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” 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” appearsopen
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “yiftach” appearssell grain
To give wheat or barley to others in return for money.
Where else “yishbor” appearsEgyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appearsbe strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “yechezak” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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).
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.”
56 · This verse (above)
57All the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was strong in all the earth.
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?
