Study it in the app“The land of Egypt is before you; in the best of the land settle your father and your brothers; let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know that there are among them capable men, put them as chiefs over livestock, over what is mine.””
The landאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםisהִואbefore you;לְפָנֶיךָin the bestבְּמֵיטַבof the landהָאָרֶץsettleהוֹשֵׁבyour fatherאֶת אָבִיךָand your brothers;וְאֶת אַחֶיךָlet them liveיֵשְׁבוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Goshen.גֹּשֶׁןAnd ifוְאִםyou knowיָדַעְתָּthat there areוְיֶשׁamong themבָּםcapableחַיִלmen,אַנְשֵׁיput themוְשַׂמְתָּםas chiefsשָׂרֵיover livestock,מִקְנֶהoverעַלwhatאֲשֶׁרis mine.”לִי
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearsbest
The best, the best part.
Where else “metav” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “hoshev” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appearsGoshen
See it on the mapWhere else “goshen” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appearsvalor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samta” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearslivestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears1Egypt
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).
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).
5Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 · This verse (above)
7Then Joseph brought Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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?
