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And as for the people,וְאֶת הָעָםhe movedהֶעֱבִירthemאֹתוֹinto the cities,לֶעָרִיםfrom one endמִקְצֵהof the territoryגְבוּלof Egyptמִצְרַיִםto the other end.וְעַד קָצֵהוּ
Genesis 47:21
Study it in the app“And as for the people, he moved them into the cities, from one end of the territory of Egypt to the other end.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 47:21, word by word
- And as for the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- he movedהֶעֱבִירheevir
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “heevir” appears- into the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- from one endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the territoryגְבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
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).
The context
20So 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.
21 · This verse (above)
22Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they ate their allotment that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.
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?