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When I lie downוְשָׁכַבְתִּיwith my fathers,עִם אֲבֹתַיcarry meוּנְשָׂאתַנִיout of Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםand bury meוּקְבַרְתַּנִיin their burial place.”בִּקְבֻרָתָםHe said,וַיֹּאמַר“Iאָנֹכִיwill doאֶעֱשֶׂהas you have said.”כִדְבָרֶךָ
Genesis 47:30
Study it in the app“When I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” He said, “I will do as you have said.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 47:30, word by word
- When I lie downשָׁכַבְתִּיshachavti
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “shachavti” appears- with my fathersאֲבֹתַavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- carry meנְשָׂאתַnesata
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nesata” appears- out of Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and bury meקְבַרְתַּkevarta
bury
Bury.
Where else “kevarta” appears- in their burial placeקְבֻרָתָkevurata
grave
Grave, tomb; burial.
Where else “kevurata” appears- He saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- will doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- as you have saidדְבָרֶdevare
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devare” 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
29The days of Israel drew near to die, and he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal with me in loyal love and faithfulness: please do not bury me in Egypt.
30 · This verse (above)
31He said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. Then Israel bowed down upon the head of the bed.
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?