Genesis 47:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב יוֹסֵף֮ אֶת־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶת־אֶחָיו֒ וַיִּתֵּ֨ן לָהֶ֤ם אֲחֻזָּה֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּמֵיטַ֥ב הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ רַעְמְסֵ֑ס כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה פַרְעֹֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yôšēḇ yôsēp̄ ʾeṯ-ʾāḇîw wə-ʾeṯ-ʾeḥāyw wə-yittēn to them ʾăḥuzzāh in ʾereṣ miṣrayim in bəmêṭaḇ the hāʾāreṣ in ʾereṣ ra'məsēs ka'ăšer ṣiwwāh p̄ar'ōh

Grammar Details

*wə-yôšēḇ*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and settled
*yôsēp̄*: proper noun - Joseph
*ʾeṯ-ʾāḇîw*: direct object marker + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his father
*wə-ʾeṯ-ʾeḥāyw*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his brothers
*wə-yittēn*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and gave
*ʾăḥuzzāh*: noun feminine singular - possession
*ʾereṣ*: noun feminine singular construct - land of
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*bəmêṭaḇ*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in the best of
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the land
*ra'məsēs*: proper noun - Rameses
*ka'ăšer*: preposition + relative particle - according to what
*ṣiwwāh*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - commanded
*p̄ar'ōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh

Word Meanings

*wə-yôšēḇ*: settled/caused to dwell/established
*ʾăḥuzzāh*: possession/property/holding

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 1:11 : 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Exod 12:37 : 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.
Gen 47:6 : 6 the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
John 10:10 : 10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and {G2443} may have [it] abundantly.
John 10:28 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
John 14:2 : 2 In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John 17:2 : 2 even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.
John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

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Gen 47:5-7
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5And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Gen 47:12
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12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
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16And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
18and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Gen 47:1
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1Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
Gen 47:26-27
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26And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's.
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Gen 47:20
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20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them: and the land became Pharaoh's.
Gen 45:10
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10and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
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41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
Gen 50:8
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8and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
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20Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
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Gen 41:43
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43and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had: and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
Gen 39:5
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5And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.
Acts 7:10
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10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
Gen 46:28
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28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Gen 46:31
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31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
Gen 42:6
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6And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.
Gen 48:9
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9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
Gen 48:13
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13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
Gen 47:23
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23Then 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.
Gen 45:8
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8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Gen 47:10
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10And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.