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Josephיוֹסֵףsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Giveהָבוּyour livestock,מִקְנֵיכֶםand I will giveוְאֶתְּנָהyouלָכֶםbread for your livestock,בְּמִקְנֵיכֶםifאִםyour silverכָּסֶףis gone.”אָפֵס
Genesis 47:16
Study it in the app“Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if your silver is gone.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 47:16, 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Giveהָבוּhavu
give
To hand something to someone, or to ascribe to him what is due.
Where else “havu” appears- your livestockמִקְנֵיmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- and I will giveאֶתְּנָהetna
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etna” appears- your silverכָּסֶףkasef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kasef” appears- is goneאָפֵסafes
run out, cease
Run out, come to an end, fail; be gone.
Where else “afes” appears
The context
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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys; and he carried them through with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.
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?