Genesis 45:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And there I will provide for you; for there are still five years of famine, lest you and your household and all that you have come to poverty.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֤י אֹֽתְךָ֙ שָׁ֔ם כִּי־ע֛וֹד חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים רָעָ֑ב פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֛שׁ אַתָּ֥ה וּבֵֽיתְךָ֖ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

Wə-ḵilkaltî ʾōtḵā šām kî-ʿôd ḥāmēš šānîm rāʿāḇ pen-tiwwārēš ʾattāh ûḇêtḵā wə-ḵāl-ʾăšer-lāḵə

Grammar Details

• וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֤י: conjunction + Pilpel perfect 1st person singular - 'and I will sustain/provide'
• אֹֽתְךָ֙: direct object marker + 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'you'
• שָׁ֔ם: adverb - 'there'
• כִּי־ע֛וֹד: conjunction + adverb - 'for still/yet'
• חָמֵ֥שׁ: number feminine - 'five'
• שָׁנִ֖ים: noun feminine plural - 'years'
• רָעָ֑ב: noun masculine singular - 'famine'
• פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֛שׁ: conjunction + Niphal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - 'lest you be impoverished'
• אַתָּ֥ה: pronoun 2nd masculine singular - 'you'
• וּבֵֽיתְךָ֖: conjunction + noun masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'and your house/household'
• וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ: conjunction + noun masculine singular construct + relative pronoun + preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'and all that belongs to you'

Word Meanings

• *ḵilkaltî*: I will sustain, I will provide for, I will nourish
• *šām*: there, in that place
• *ʿôd*: still, yet, more
• *rāʿāḇ*: famine, hunger
• *pen-tiwwārēš*: lest you become poor, lest you be impoverished, lest you come to poverty
• *ḇêtḵā*: your house, your household, your family
• *ḵāl-ʾăšer-lāḵə*: all that is yours, everything that belongs to you

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  There will I make provision for the: for there remayne yet v yeres of derth lest thou and thi houshold and all that thou hast perish.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  There wyll I make prouysion for the (for there are yet fyue yeares of derth) that thou perishe not wt thine house, and all that is thyne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also I will nourish thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeeres of famine) lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And there wyll I prouide thee sustenaunce (for there remaine yet fiue yeres of dearth) lest thou and thy housholde, & all that thou hast come to pouertie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And there will I nourish thee; for yet [there are] five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and I have nourished thee there -- for yet `are' five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

• World English Bible (2000)

  There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor– you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’

Referenced Verses

• Gen 47:12 : 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
• Matt 15:5-6 : 5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; 6 And does not honor his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
• Mark 7:9-9 : 9 And he said to them, You completely reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death. 11 But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift to God, by which you might have been benefited by me; he shall be free. 12 And you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
• 1 Tim 5:4 : 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents, for this is good and acceptable before God.
• Gen 47:6 : 6 The land of Egypt is before you; in the best of the land make your father and brothers to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if you know any capable men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.