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Then Josephוַ יוֹסֵףbroughtיָּבֵאJacobאֶת יַעֲקֹבhis fatherאָבִיוand stood himוַיַּעֲמִדֵהוּbeforeלִפְנֵיPharaoh,פַרְעֹהand Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבblessedיְבָרֶךְPharaoh.אֶת פַּרְעֹה
Genesis 47:7
Study it in the app“Then Joseph brought Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 47:7, word by word
- Then Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
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” appears- broughtיָּבֵאyave
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and stood himיַּעֲמִדֵyaamide
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamide” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- blessedיְבָרֶךְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears
The context
6The 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.”
7 · This verse (above)
8Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?”
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?