Study it in the app“Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan; and look, they are in the land of Goshen.””
Josephיוֹסֵףcameוַיָּבֹאand toldוַיַּגֵּדPharaoh,לְפַרְעֹהand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“My fatherאָבִיand my brothers,וְאַחַיwith their flocksוְצֹאנָםand their herdsוּבְקָרָםand allוְכָלthatאֲשֶׁרthey have,לָהֶםhave comeבָּאוּfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Canaan;כְּנָעַןand look,וְהִנָּthey areםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Goshen.”גֹּשֶׁן
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” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “aach” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tsona” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “vekara” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsGoshen
See it on the mapWhere else “goshen” appears1Canaan
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).
2Goshen ?
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).
1 · This verse (above)
2From among his brothers he took five men and presented them before Pharaoh.
1. What it says
What did Joseph do for his family and for Egypt during the famine (vv. 11-12, 14-26)?
2. What it means
How does Jacob describe his years to Pharaoh, and what does he do when he arrives and when he leaves (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
How can you help someone in need with what you have?
