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Tellוְהִגַּדְתֶּםmy fatherלְאָבִיof allאֶת כָּלmy gloryכְּבוֹדִיin Egyptבְּמִצְרַיִםand allוְאֵת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרyou have seen,רְאִיתֶםand hurryוּמִהַרְתֶּםand bring downוְהוֹרַדְתֶּםmy fatherאֶת אָבִיhere.”הֵנָּה
Genesis 45:13
Study it in the app“Tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and all that you have seen, and hurry and bring down my father here.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 45:13, word by word
- Tellהִגַּדְתֶּםhigadtem
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higadtem” appears- my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- my gloryכְּבוֹדִkevodi
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevodi” appears- in Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- you have seenרְאִיתֶםreitem
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reitem” appears- and hurryמִהַרְתֶּםmihartem
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “mihartem” appears- and bring downהוֹרַדְתֶּםhoradtem
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horadtem” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
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).
The context
12And look, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that is speaking to you.
13 · This verse (above)
14He fell on the neck of Benjamin his brother and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
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?