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and takeוּקְחוּyour fatherאֶת אֲבִיכֶםand your householdsוְאֶת בָּתֵּיכֶםand comeוּבֹאוּto me,אֵלָיand I will giveוְאֶתְּנָהyouלָכֶםthe bestאֶת טוּבof the landאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand you will eatוְאִכְלוּthe fatאֶת חֵלֶבof the land.’הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 45:18
Study it in the app“and 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 45:18, word by word
- and takeקְחוּkechu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kechu” appears- your fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and your householdsבָּתֵּיbate
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bate” appears- and comeבֹאוּvou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vou” appears- and I will giveאֶתְּנָהetna
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etna” appears- the bestטוּבtuv
good things
The best the land gives: its goods, wealth and plenty.
Where else “tuv” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and you will eatאִכְלוּichlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ichlu” appears- the fatחֵלֶבchelev
best
The richest, choicest part of something.
Where else “chelev” 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
17Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your animals and set out, go to the land of Canaan,
18 · This verse (above)
19And you are commanded: ‘Do this: take for yourselves from the land of Egypt carts for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
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?