Genesis 47:23
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
קָנָה
qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
זָרַע
zâraʻ
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָנָה qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
Study H7069 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
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