Study it in the app“Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.”
Josephיוֹסֵףsettledוַיּוֹשֵׁבhis fatherאֶת אָבִיוand his brothersוְאֶת אֶחָיוand gaveוַיִּתֵּןthemלָהֶםa possessionאֲחֻזָּהin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםin the bestבְּמֵיטַבof the land,הָאָרֶץin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Rameses,רַעְמְסֵסasכַּאֲשֶׁרPharaohפַרְעֹהhad commanded.צִוָּה
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” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” 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 “echay” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearspossession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuza” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsbest
The best, the best part.
Where else “metav” appearsRameses
Rameses, an area of northeastern Egypt, the same region as Goshen; also a city built by the Israelites there.
Where else “ramses” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsEgypt
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).
10Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
11 · This verse (above)
12Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number of their little ones.
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?
