Study it in the app“‘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.’””
‘My fatherאָבִיmade me swear,הִשְׁבִּיעַנִיsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיam about to die;מֵתin my tombבְּקִבְרִיthatאֲשֶׁרI dugכָּרִיתִיfor myselfלִיin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןthereשָׁמָּהyou shall bury me.”תִּקְבְּרֵנִיNow thereforeוְעַתָּהplease let me go upאֶעֱלֶה נָּאand buryוְאֶקְבְּרָהmy father,אֶת אָבִיand I will return.’”וְאָשׁוּבָה
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsput under oath
To make someone swear.
Where else “hishbia” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearstomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kivri” appearsdig
To dig a well or a grave.
Where else “kariti” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsbury
Bury.
Where else “tikbre” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “eele” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashuva” appearsCanaan
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).
4When 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,
5 · This verse (above)
6Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”
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?
