Genesis 47:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם הֵן֩ קָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֥ם הַיּ֛וֹם וְאֶת־אַדְמַתְכֶ֖ם לְפַרְעֹ֑ה הֵֽא־לָכֶ֣ם זֶ֔רַע וּזְרַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer yôsēp̄ to the hā'ām hēn qānîṯî ʾeṯḵem the hay-yôm wə-ʾeṯ-ʾaḏmaṯḵem for lə-p̄ar'ōh hēʾ-lāḵem zera' û-zəra'tem ʾeṯ-hā-ʾăḏāmāh

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said
*yôsēp̄*: proper noun - Joseph
*hā'ām*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the people
*hēn*: interjection - behold
*qānîṯî*: Qal perfect 1st person common singular - I have bought
*ʾeṯḵem*: direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
*hay-yôm*: definite article + noun masculine singular - today
*wə-ʾeṯ-ʾaḏmaṯḵem*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your land
*lə-p̄ar'ōh*: preposition + proper noun - for Pharaoh
*hēʾ-lāḵem*: interjection + preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - here is for you
*zera'*: noun masculine singular - seed
*û-zəra'tem*: conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you shall sow
*ʾeṯ-hā-ʾăḏāmāh*: direct object marker + definite article + noun feminine singular - the land

Word Meanings

*hēn*: behold/see/lo
*hēʾ-lāḵem*: here is for you/here you have
*zera'*: seed/grain/offspring

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Referenced Verses

Gen 41:27 : 27 And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.
Gen 45:6 : 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.
Ps 41:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Ps 107:36-37 : 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city of habitation, 37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.
Ps 112:5 : 5 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
Prov 11:26 : 26 He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.
Prov 13:23 : 23 Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Isa 28:24-25 : 24 Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he [continually] open and harrow his ground? 25 When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?
Isa 55:10 : 10 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, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
Matt 24:45 : 45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
2 Cor 9:10 : 10 And he that supplieth seed to the sower and {G5524} bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 47:16-22
7 verses
85%
16And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.
18And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
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.
21And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
22Only the land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.
Gen 47:24-26
3 verses
77%
24And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
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.
Gen 42:5-6
2 verses
75%
5And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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 47:14
74%
14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Gen 41:41
73%
41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
Gen 45:10
73%
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:
Gen 45:20
73%
20Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
Gen 47:11-12
2 verses
73%
11And 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.
12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Gen 39:1
72%
1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither.
Gen 47:5-6
2 verses
72%
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.
Gen 45:17-18
2 verses
72%
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 41:57
72%
57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.
Gen 41:55
71%
55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
Gen 47:1
71%
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 42:2-3
2 verses
71%
2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Gen 45:8
70%
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 48:4
70%
4and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
Gen 37:28
70%
28And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.