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Josephיוֹסֵףsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the people,אֶל הָעָם“Look,הֵןI have boughtקָנִיתִיyouאֶתְכֶםtoday,הַיּוֹםand your land,וְאֶת אַדְמַתְכֶםfor Pharaoh.לְפַרְעֹהHereהֵאis seedזֶרַעfor you;לָכֶםsowוּזְרַעְתֶּםthe land.אֶת הָאֲדָמָה
Genesis 47:23
Study it in the app“Joseph said to the people, “Look, I have bought you today, and your land, for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you; sow the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 47:23, 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- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- I have boughtקָנִיתִיkaniti
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kaniti” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- and your landאַדְמַתְadmat
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appears- for Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- Hereהֵאhe
here!
Here! Here you are, take it!
Where else “he” appears- is seedזֶרַעzera
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zera” appears- sowזְרַעְתֶּםzeratem
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “zeratem” appears
The context
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.
23 · This verse (above)
24And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours, as seed for the field and as your food and for those in your households, and as food for your little ones.”
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?