Study it in the app“So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold each man his field, because the famine was strong upon them; and the land became Pharaoh’s.”
So Josephוַ יוֹסֵףboughtיִּקֶןallאֶת כָּלthe landאַדְמַתof Egyptמִצְרַיִםfor Pharaoh,לְפַרְעֹהforכִּיthe Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםsoldמָכְרוּeach manאִישׁhis field,שָׂדֵהוּbecauseכִּיthe famineהָרָעָבwas strongחָזַקupon them;עֲלֵהֶםand the landהָאָרֶץbecameוַתְּהִיPharaoh’s.לְפַרְעֹה
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” appearsbuy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “yiken” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearsEgyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appearssell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “machru” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsbe strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “chazak” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “tehi” appearsEgypt
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).
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.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And as for the people, he moved them into the cities, from one end of the territory of Egypt to the other end.
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?
