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Pharaohפַּרְעֹהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Joseph,אֶל יוֹסֵף“Sayאֱמֹרto your brothers,אֶל אַחֶיךָ‘Doעֲשׂוּthis:זֹאתloadטַעֲנוּyour animalsאֶת בְּעִירְכֶםand set out,וּלְכוּgoבֹאוּto the landאַרְצָהof Canaan,כְּנָעַן
Genesis 45:17
Study it in the app“Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your animals and set out, go to the land of Canaan,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 45:17, word by word
- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
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” appears- to your brothersאַחֶיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- ‘Doעֲשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- loadטַעֲנוּtaanu
load
Load animals. It occurs only in Genesis 45:17.
Where else “taanu” appears- your animalsבְּעִירְbeir
animals, livestock
Beasts of burden, livestock.
Where else “beir” appears- and set outלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- goבֹאוּvou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vou” appears- to the landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
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).
The context
16The report was heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants.
17 · This verse (above)
18and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’
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?