Study it in the app“You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me, you and your sons and the sons of your sons, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.”
You will liveוְיָשַׁבְתָּin the landבְאֶרֶץof Goshen,גֹּשֶׁןand you will beוְהָיִיתָnearקָרוֹבme,אֵלַיyouאַתָּהand your sonsוּבָנֶיךָand the sonsוּבְנֵיof your sons,בָנֶיךָyour flocksוְצֹאנְךָand your herds,וּבְקָרְךָand allוְכָלthatאֲשֶׁרyou have.לָךְ
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashavta” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsGoshen
See it on the mapWhere else “goshen” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appearsnear
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “vekar” appearsGoshen ?
Today: eastern Nile Delta (Wadi Tumilat), Egypt; debated
A region of the eastern Nile delta in Egypt; how far it extended is not certain.
Pharaoh gave that land to Jacob and his family to live in (Gen 47:6). During the plagues, no hail fell on Goshen (Exod 9:26).
9Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: Elohim has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me; do not delay.
10 · This verse (above)
11I will provide for you there, for there are still five years of famine, so that you do not come to poverty, you and your household and all that you have.’
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when he made himself known (vv. 3-5)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Joseph says Elohim sent him ahead of them to preserve life (vv. 5-8)?
3. How I live it
How can you look with a wider view at someone who hurt you, without denying the pain?
