Study it in the app“Joseph 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.””
Josephיוֹסֵףsawוַיַּרְאhis brothersאֶת אֶחָיוand recognized them,וַיַּכִּרֵםbut he made himself a strangerוַיִּתְנַכֵּרto themאֲלֵיהֶםand spokeוַיְדַבֵּרwith themאִתָּםharshly.קָשׁוֹתHe saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Whereמֵאַיִןhave you come from?”בָּאתֶםThey said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“From the landמֵאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןto buyלִשְׁבָּרfood.”אֹכֶל
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” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appearsrecognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “yakire” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appearshard
Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.
Where else “kashot” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearswhere from?
Where from? From what place?
Where else “ayin” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “batem” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsbuy grain
To get wheat or barley by paying for it, especially in time of famine.
Where else “shebar” appearsfood
Food, provisions.
Where else “ochel” appearsCanaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
6Joseph 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
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?
