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They toldוַיַּגִּדוּhim,לוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Josephיוֹסֵףis stillעוֹדalive,חַיandוְheהוּאis indeedכִיrulerמֹשֵׁלover allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt.”מִצְרָיִםHis heartלִבּוֹwent numb,וַיָּפָגforכִּיhe did notלֹאbelieveהֶאֱמִיןthem.לָהֶם
Genesis 45:26
Study it in the app“They 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 45:26, word by word
- They toldיַּגִּדוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “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- aliveחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- rulerמֹשֵׁלmoshel
ruler
A person with authority who commands a people, good or bad.
Where else “moshel” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- His heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- went numbיָּפָגyafag
grow numb
Grow numb, lose strength.
Where else “yafag” appears- believeהֶאֱמִיןheemin
believe
To rely on someone and on what they say: Abram with YHWH.
Where else “heemin” 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
25They went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.
26 · This verse (above)
27But they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and he saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him, and the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
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?