Study it in the app“Joseph was the governor over the land; he was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.”
Josephוְיוֹסֵףwasהוּאthe governorהַשַּׁלִּיטoverעַלthe land;הָאָרֶץheהוּאwas the one who sold grainהַמַּשְׁבִּירto allלְכָלthe peopleעַםof the land.הָאָרֶץAnd Joseph’sיוֹסֵףbrothersאֲחֵיcameוַיָּבֹאוּand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּto himלוֹwith their facesאַפַּיִםto the ground.אָרְצָה
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” appearsruler
One in command.
Where else “shalit” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearssell grain
To give wheat or barley to others in return for money.
Where else “mashbir” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsbow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “yishtachavu” appearsface
A person's face: it is bowed to the ground to honor, and "before someone" is in front of his face.
Where else “apayim” appears5The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 · This verse (above)
7Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he made himself a stranger to them and spoke with them harshly. He said to them, “Where have you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
1. What it says
What did Joseph do when he saw his brothers, and what did they find in their sacks (vv. 7-28)?
2. What it means
Why did the brothers say they were paying for what they did to their brother (v. 21)?
3. How I live it
What mistake from the past do you need to face honestly today?
