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They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“You have kept us alive!הֶחֱיִתָנוּMay we findנִמְצָאfavorחֵןin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof my lord,אֲדֹנִיand we will beוְהָיִינוּslavesעֲבָדִיםto Pharaoh.”לְפַרְעֹה
Genesis 47:25
Study it in the app“They said, “You have kept us alive! May we find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will be slaves to Pharaoh.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 47:25, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “You have kept us aliveהֶחֱיִתָhecheyita
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “hecheyita” appears- May we findנִמְצָאnimtsa
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “nimtsa” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- and we will beהָיִינוּhayinu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayinu” appears- slavesעֲבָדִיםavadim
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appears- to Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears
The context
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.”
25 · This verse (above)
26Joseph made it a statute, to this day, concerning the land of Egypt: to Pharaoh belongs the fifth. Only the land of the priests by itself did not become Pharaoh’s.
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?