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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Joseph,אֶל יוֹסֵף“Now let me die,אָמוּתָה הַפָּעַםsinceאַחֲרֵיI have seenרְאוֹתִיyour face,אֶת פָּנֶיךָthatכִּיyou are stillעוֹדְךָalive.”חָי
Genesis 46:30
Study it in the app“Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 46:30, word by word
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” 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- “Now let me dieאָמוּתָהamuta
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “amuta” appears- “Now let me dieפָּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- I have seenרְאוֹתִreoti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reoti” appears- your faceפָּנֶיpane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pane” appears- aliveחָיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears
The context
29Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He appeared to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.
30 · This verse (above)
31Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
To study Genesis 46 in a group
1. What it says
What did Elohim say to Israel at Beersheba, and what happened when he met Joseph (vv. 2-4, 29)?
2. What it means
Why does Elohim say to him, “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt” (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
What change that frightens you can you place in Elohim’s hands today?