Study it in the app“They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to reside as aliens in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks that your servants have, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.””
They saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto Pharaoh,אֶל פַּרְעֹה“We have comeבָּאנוּto reside as aliensלָגוּרin the land,בָּאָרֶץforכִּיthere is noאֵיןpastureמִרְעֶהfor the flocksלַצֹּאןthatאֲשֶׁרyour servants have,לַעֲבָדֶיךָforכִּיthe famineהָרָעָבis severeכָבֵדin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan.כְּנָעַןAnd now,וְעַתָּהpleaseנָאlet your servantsעֲבָדֶיךָliveיֵשְׁבוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Goshen.”גֹּשֶׁן
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “banu” appearssojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gur” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearspasture
Pasture, place where livestock feed.
Where else “mire” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearssevere
Hard and severe, difficult to bear: a terrible famine.
Where else “chaved” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appearsGoshen
See it on the mapWhere else “goshen” appears1Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
2Goshen ?
Today: eastern Nile Delta (Wadi Tumilat), Egypt; debated
A region of the eastern Nile delta in Egypt; how far it extended is not certain.
Pharaoh gave that land to Jacob and his family to live in (Gen 47:6). During the plagues, no hail fell on Goshen (Exod 9:26).
3Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds of flocks, both we and our fathers.”
4 · This verse (above)
5Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
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?
