Study it in the app“Joseph 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.”
Josephיוֹסֵףsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto his brothersאֶל אֶחָיוand to his father’sאָבִיוhousehold,וְאֶל בֵּית“I will go upאֶעֱלֶהand tellוְאַגִּידָהPharaoh,לְפַרְעֹהand sayוְאֹמְרָהto him,אֵלָיו‘My brothersאַחַיand my father’sאָבִיhousehold,וּבֵיתwhoאֲשֶׁרwere in the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןhave comeבָּאוּto me.אֵלָי
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “eele” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “agida” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appearsCanaan
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).
30Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31 · This verse (above)
32The men are shepherds of flocks, for they have been men of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
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?
