Study it in the app“When 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.””
When the silverהַכֶּסֶףwas goneוַיִּתֹּםfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםand from the landוּמֵאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןallכָלthe Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםcameוַיָּבֹאוּto Josephאֶל יוֹסֵףand said,לֵאמֹר“Giveהָבָהusלָּנוּbread!לֶחֶםWhyוְלָמָּהshould we dieנָמוּתbefore you?נֶגְדֶּךָForכִּיour silverכָּסֶףis gone.”אָפֵס
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appearsend
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “yitom” 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” appearsEgyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsJoseph
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgive
To hand something to someone, or to ascribe to him what is due.
Where else “hava” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “namut” appearsin front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negde” appearsrun out, cease
Run out, come to an end, fail; be gone.
Where else “afes” 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).
14Joseph 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if your 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?
