Study it in the app“Joseph gathered up all the silver that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain that they were buying; and Joseph brought the silver into the house of Pharaoh.”
Josephיוֹסֵףgathered upוַיְלַקֵּטallאֶת כָּלthe silverהַכֶּסֶףthat was foundהַנִּמְצָאin the landבְאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםand in the landוּבְאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןfor the grainבַּשֶּׁבֶרthatאֲשֶׁרtheyהֵםwere buying;שֹׁבְרִיםand Josephוַ יוֹסֵףbroughtיָּבֵאthe silverאֶת הַכֶּסֶףinto the houseבֵּיתָהof Pharaoh.פַרְעֹה
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” appearsgather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “yelaket” appearssilver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsgrain
Grain bought or sold.
Where else “shever” appearsbuy grain
To get wheat or barley by paying for it, especially in time of famine.
Where else “shovrim” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “beta” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears1Egypt
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).
2Canaan
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).
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15When the silver was gone from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread! Why should we die before you? For our silver is gone.”
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?
