Study it in the app“you shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd of flocks is an abomination to the Egyptians.””
you shall say,וַאֲמַרְתֶּם‘Your servantsעֲבָדֶיךָhave beenהָיוּmen of livestockאַנְשֵׁי מִקְנֶהfrom our youthמִנְּעוּרֵינוּuntilוְעַדnow,עַתָּהbothגַּםweאֲנַחְנוּandגַּםour fathers,’אֲבֹתֵינוּso thatבַּעֲבוּרyou may liveתֵּשְׁבוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Goshen;גֹּשֶׁןforכִּיeveryכָּלshepherdרֹעֵהof flocksצֹאןis an abominationתוֹעֲבַתto the Egyptians.”מִצְרַיִם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearslivestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appearsyouth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neure” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “teshvu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsGoshen
See it on the mapWhere else “goshen” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsabomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toavat” appearsEgyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appearsGoshen ?
Today: eastern Nile Delta (Wadi Tumilat), Egypt; debated
A region of the eastern Nile delta in Egypt; how far it extended is not certain.
Pharaoh gave that land to Jacob and his family to live in (Gen 47:6). During the plagues, no hail fell on Goshen (Exod 9:26).
33When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?’
34 · This verse (above)
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?
