Study it in the app“When the days of weeping for him had passed, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,”
When the daysוַ יְמֵיof weeping for himבְכִיתוֹhad passed,יַּעַבְרוּJosephיוֹסֵףspokeוַיְדַבֵּרto the householdאֶל בֵּיתof Pharaoh,פַּרְעֹהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Ifאִם נָאI have foundמָצָאתִיfavorחֵןin your eyes,בְּעֵינֵיכֶםplease speakדַּבְּרוּ נָאin the earsבְּאָזְנֵיof Pharaoh,פַרְעֹהsaying,לֵאמֹר
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearsweeping, mourning
Weeping for the dead, time of mourning.
Where else “vechit” appearspass over
To pass, be gone; "pass over" a wrong is to forgive it.
Where else “yaavru” appearsJoseph
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” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsfind favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “matsati” appearsfavor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearshearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appears3Forty days were completed for him, for so are completed the days of embalming; and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
4 · This verse (above)
5‘My father made me swear, saying, “Look, I am about to die; in my tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore please let me go up and bury my father, and I will return.’”
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when they feared he would take revenge (vv. 15-21)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that they planned evil against him, but Elohim planned it for good (v. 20)?
3. How I live it
Whom do you need to forgive or ask forgiveness from, and what step can you take?
