Study it in the app“That 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.”
Thatהַהִואyearהַשָּׁנָהended,וַתִּתֹּםand they cameוַיָּבֹאוּto himאֵלָיוthe secondהַשֵּׁנִיתyearבַּשָּׁנָהand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ“We will notלֹאhideנְכַחֵדfrom my lordמֵאֲדֹנִיthatכִּי אִםthe silverהַכֶּסֶףis spentתַּםand the herdsוּמִקְנֵהof animalsהַבְּהֵמָהbelong to my lord;אֶל אֲדֹנִיnothingלֹאis leftנִשְׁאַרbeforeלִפְנֵיmy lordאֲדֹנִיexceptבִּלְתִּי אִםour bodiesגְּוִיָּתֵנוּand our land.וְאַדְמָתֵנוּ
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsend
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “titom” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearssecond
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “shenit” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearshide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “nechached” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appearslivestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearsremain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nishar” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsbody
The physical frame of a living being.
Where else “geviyate” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admate” appears17So 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.
18 · This verse (above)
19Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh; and give us seed, so that we may live and not die, and the land will not become desolate.”
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?
