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I will provide forוְכִלְכַּלְתִּיyouאֹתְךָthere,שָׁםforכִּיthere are stillעוֹדfiveחָמֵשׁyearsשָׁנִיםof famine,רָעָבso that you do notפֶּןcome to poverty,תִּוָּרֵשׁyouאַתָּהand your householdוּבֵיתְךָand allוְכָלthatאֲשֶׁרyou have.’לָךְ
Genesis 45:11
Study it in the app“I 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 45:11, word by word
- I will provide forכִלְכַּלְתִּיchilkalti
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “chilkalti” appears- fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears- of famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- come to povertyתִּוָּרֵשׁtivaresh
General meaning: Take possession; dispossess.
Where else “tivaresh” appears- and your householdבֵיתְvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears
The context
10You 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12And look, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that is speaking to you.
To study Genesis 45 in a group
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?