Genesis 37:25
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
יִשְׁמָעֵאלִי
Yishmâʻêʼlîy
a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
גִּלְעָד
Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
נְכֹאת
nᵉkôʼth
properly, a smiting, i.e. (concretely) an aromatic gum (perhaps styrax) (as powdered)
מֹר
môr
myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Key Terms in This Verse
נְכֹאת nᵉkôʼth
properly, a smiting, i.e. (concretely) an aromatic gum (perhaps styrax) (as powdered)
Study H5219 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
Study H1568 →Cross References
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices,...
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
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