Study it in the app“Joseph 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.”
Josephיוֹסֵףmade itוַיָּשֶׂם אֹתָהּa statute,לְחֹקtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday,הַיּוֹםconcerningעַלthe landאַדְמַתof Egypt:מִצְרַיִםto Pharaohלְפַרְעֹהbelongs the fifth.לַחֹמֶשׁOnlyרַקthe landאַדְמַתof the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםby itselfלְבַדָּםdid notלֹאbecomeהָיְתָהPharaoh’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” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “yasem” appearsstatute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chok” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsland
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
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” appearsfifth
The fifth part.
Where else “chomesh” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vada” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “hayta” 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).
25They said, “You have kept us alive! May we find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will be slaves to Pharaoh.”
26 · This verse (above)
27Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; they acquired possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.
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?
