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Josephיוֹסֵףprovidedוַיְכַלְכֵּלhis father,אֶת אָבִיוhis brothers,וְאֶת אֶחָיוand allוְאֵת כָּלhis father’sאָבִיוhouseholdבֵּיתwith bread,לֶחֶםaccording toלְפִיthe number of their little ones.הַטָּף
Genesis 47:12
Study it in the app“Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number of their little ones.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 47:12, word by word
- 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- providedיְכַלְכֵּלyechalkel
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “yechalkel” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- householdבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- with breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- according toפִיfi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “fi” appears- the number of their little onesטָּףtaf
little ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “taf” appears
The context
11Joseph 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13There was no bread in all the land, for the famine was very severe, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
To study Genesis 47 in a group
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?