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They went upוַיַּעֲלוּfrom Egyptמִמִּצְרָיִםand cameוַיָּבֹאוּto the landאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןto Jacobאֶל יַעֲקֹבtheir father.אֲבִיהֶם
Genesis 45:25
Study it in the app“They went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 45:25, word by word
- They went upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנַעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- their fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
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).
2Canaan
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
24Then he sent off his brothers, and they went; and he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.”
25 · This verse (above)
26They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is indeed ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart went numb, for he did not believe them.
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?