Study it in the app“So 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.”
So they broughtוַיָּבִיאוּtheir livestockאֶת מִקְנֵיהֶםto Joseph,אֶל יוֹסֵףand Josephיוֹסֵףgaveוַיִּתֵּןthemלָהֶםbreadלֶחֶםin exchange for the horses,בַּסּוּסִיםthe flocks,וּבְמִקְנֵה הַצֹּאןthe herds,וּבְמִקְנֵה הַבָּקָרand the donkeys;וּבַחֲמֹרִיםand he carried them throughוַיְנַהֲלֵםwith breadבַּלֶּחֶםin exchange for allבְּכָלtheir livestockמִקְנֵהֶםthatהַהִואyear.בַּשָּׁנָה
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yaviu” appearslivestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” 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” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearshorse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appearsdonkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamorim” appearslead gently
Lead gently, guide with care; bring to a resting place; provide for.
Where else “yenahale” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears16Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if your silver is gone.”
17 · This verse (above)
18That year ended, and they came to him the second year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that the silver is spent and the herds of animals belong to my lord; nothing is left before my lord except our bodies and our land.
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?
