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Hurryמַהֲרוּand go upוַעֲלוּto my fatherאֶל אָבִיand sayוַאֲמַרְתֶּםto him,אֵלָיו‘Thusכֹּהsaysאָמַרyour sonבִּנְךָJoseph:יוֹסֵףElohimאֱלֹהִיםhas made meשָׂמַנִיlordלְאָדוֹןof allלְכָלEgypt;מִצְרָיִםcome downרְדָהto me;אֵלַיdo notאַלdelay.תַּעֲמֹד
Genesis 45:9
Study it in the app“Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: Elohim has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me; do not delay.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 45:9, word by word
- Hurryמַהֲרוּmaharu
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “maharu” appears- and go upעֲלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- to my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and sayאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appears- your sonבִּנְbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” 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- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has made meשָׂמַsama
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “sama” appears- lordאָדוֹןadon
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adon” appears- Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- come downרְדָreda
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “reda” appears- delayתַּעֲמֹדtaamod
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “taamod” 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
8So now it was not you who sent me here, but Elohim; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
9 · This verse (above)
10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me, you and your sons and the sons of your sons, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.
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?