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Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers

Genesischapter 45

28 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

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The reading

Weekly portion 11 of 54

וַיִּגַּשׁ Vayigash, Genesis 44:18 to 47:27

Read with it: Ezekiel 37:15 to 37:28.

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How it is read

Rashi reads the clearing of the room as a kindness done to the brothers rather than a demand for privacy: "He could not bear that the Egyptians should stand by him" while his brothers were shamed (Rashi on Genesis 45:1:1, the Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A. M. Silbermann, 1929 to 1934, public domain), and their silence at his words he explains in three words, "out of shame" (Rashi on Genesis 45:3:1). Joseph's title before Pharaoh he takes as an office, "he made me his colleague and he bestowed on me the dignity of" father to the king (Rashi on Genesis 45:8:1), and the command to go up he explains by the land itself, "because the land of Israel is situated higher than all the neighbouring countries", on Kiddushin 69a (Rashi on Genesis 45:9:1). The weeping on Benjamin's neck he reads as a sight of what would come, "for the Temples which were to be in Benjamin's territory and which would ultimately be laid in ruins" (Rashi on Genesis 45:14:1), and he marks the moment the brothers could speak at last, "after they saw that he wept and realized that he was peaceably inclined towards them" (Rashi on Genesis 45:15:1). Joseph's parting word to them on the road he takes as advice about study rather than about quarrelling, in the first of two explanations: "Do not busy yourselves with Halachic discussions lest the road become unsteady for you" (Rashi on Genesis 45:24:1). Ramban reads the choice of Goshen as Joseph knowing his father: "Joseph knew that his father would not want to stay in that part of the land of Egypt where the royal palace was" (Ramban on Genesis 45:10:1, the Commentary on the Torah by Ramban, translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel, Shilo Publishing House, New York, 1971 to 1976, CC-BY). Sforno reads Joseph's command to hurry as a son's wish for his father, "in order to afford him the joy to see all this with his own eyes" (Sforno on Genesis 45:13:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY), and Radak keeps to the plain report, that the brothers "They loaded their beasts and they were quick about it in order to get started on the way home to Canaan" (Radak on Genesis 45:21:1, Munk translation, CC-BY). One comment of Rashi at 45:4:1 and one of Ibn Ezra at 45:22:1 stand without English in the corpus, so both are citations.

What the rabbis say

The corpus records forty rabbinic locators on this chapter, thirty-six of them Midrash and four Talmud. Midrash Lekach Tov is the densest work here, cited at Genesis 45:4:1, 45:4:2, 45:5:1, 45:7:1, 45:7:2, 45:10:1, 45:11:1, 45:13:1, 45:15:1 and 45:20:1, which is the disclosure and the message to Jacob almost sentence by sentence. Bereshit Rabbah is cited at 25:3, 90:1, 93:2, 93:8, 93:10, 93:11, 93:12, 94:2, 94:3 and 95:3, Bereshit Rabbati at Parashat Vayigash 3, 4, 27 and 29, Aggadat Bereshit at 37:2, 61:2, 65:3, 73:3 and 79:4, and Midrash Aggadah at Genesis 45:2:1 and 45:27:1. Bamidbar Rabbah 14:8, Esther Rabbah 7:25, Midrash Sekhel Tov at Bereshit 45:10:1 and 45:11:1 and Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition), Taanit 1:43 each stand once. The four Talmud locators are Chagigah 4b:8 at the brothers' dismay, Avodah Zarah 9b:3 at the count of the famine years, Jerusalem Talmud Eruvin 3:1:8 at the gifts sent to Jacob, and Avot DeRabbi Natan 30:4 at the news reaching the father. Rashi hands on further sayings with their locators, among them Genesis Rabbah 93:10 and 93:12 and Kiddushin 69a.

The text, verse by verse

Each word shows the Hebrew, the English under it, how it sounds and its Strong’s number. A rule between verses marks where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

I Am Joseph, Your Brother

45:1
וְלֹֽא־and notvelo'-H3808יָכֹ֨לhe was ableyakholH3201יוֹסֵ֜ףJosephyosefH3130לְהִתְאַפֵּ֗קto restrain himselflehitapekH662לְכֹ֤לto alllekholH3605הַנִּצָּבִים֙those standinghanitzavimH5324עָלָ֔יוwith himʾalavH5921וַיִּקְרָ֕אand he called outvaiyikra'H7121הוֹצִ֥יאוּsend outhotziuH3318כָל־everykhol-H3605אִ֖ישׁmanʾishH376מֵעָלָ֑יfrom with <the> memealaiH5921וְלֹא־and notvelo'-H3808עָ֤מַדhe stoodʾamadH5975אִישׁ֙anyoneʾishH376אִתּ֔וֹwith himʾitoH854בְּהִתְוַדַּ֥עwhen made himself knownbehitvada'H3045יוֹסֵ֖ףJosephyosefH3130אֶל־toʾel-H413אֶחָֽיו׃brothers hisʾechavH251

Ramban on Genesis 45:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
THEN JOSEPH COULD NOT ‘L’HITHAPEIK’ (REFRAIN HIMSELF) BEFORE ALL THEM THAT STOOD BY HIM. He could not bear that the Egyptians should stand by him witnessing how his brothers would be put to shame when he makes himself known to them. This is the language of Rashi.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Onkelos Genesis 45:1

Targum
Yoseif could not contain his emotions in the presence of all who stood before him, and he cried out Let everyone leave my presence.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

45:2
וַיִּתֵּ֥ןand he gavevaiyitenH5414אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853קֹל֖וֹvoice hiskoloH6963בִּבְכִ֑יin weepingbivkhiH1065וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּand they heardvaiyishmeuH8085מִצְרַ֔יִםEgyptmitzrayimH4713וַיִּשְׁמַ֖עand it heardvaiyishma'H8085בֵּ֥ית[the] household ofbeitH1004פַּרְעֹֽה׃PharaohparohH6547
45:3
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559יוֹסֵ֤ףJosephyosefH3130אֶל־toʾel-H413אֶחָיו֙brothers hisʾechavH251אֲנִ֣יIʾaniH589יוֹסֵ֔ף[am] JosephyosefH3130הַע֥וֹד¿ stillhaodH5750אָבִ֖י[is] father myʾaviH1חָ֑יlivingchaiH2416וְלֹֽא־and notvelo'-H3808יָכְל֤וּthey were ableyakheluH3201אֶחָיו֙brothers hisʾechavH251לַעֲנ֣וֹתto answerlaanotH6030אֹת֔וֹ<obj.> himʾotoH853כִּ֥יforkiH3588נִבְהֲל֖וּthey were terrifiednivhaluH926מִפָּנָֽיו׃of <before> himmipanavH6440
45:4
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559יוֹסֵ֧ףJosephyosefH3130אֶל־toʾel-H413אֶחָ֛יוbrothers hisʾechavH251גְּשׁוּ־draw neargeshu-H5066נָ֥אpleasena'H4994אֵלַ֖יto meʾelaiH413וַיִּגָּ֑שׁוּand they drew nearvaiyigashuH5066וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אֲנִי֙IʾaniH589יוֹסֵ֣ף[am] JosephyosefH3130אֲחִיכֶ֔םbrother yourʾachikhemH251אֲשֶׁר־whomʾasher-H834מְכַרְתֶּ֥םyou soldmekhartemH4376אֹתִ֖י<obj.> meʾotiH853מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃Egypt towardsmitzrayemahH4714
45:5
וְעַתָּ֣ה׀and nowveatahH6258אַל־may notʾal-H408תֵּעָ֣צְב֗וּyou be grievedteatzevuH6087וְאַל־and may notveal-H408יִ֙חַר֙it burnyicharH2734בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔םin view yourbeeineikhemH5869כִּֽי־thatki-H3588מְכַרְתֶּ֥םyou soldmekhartemH4376אֹתִ֖י<obj.> meʾotiH853הֵ֑נָּהhitherhenahH2008כִּ֣יforkiH3588לְמִֽחְיָ֔הfor preservation of lifelemichyahH4241שְׁלָחַ֥נִיhe sent meshelachaniH7971אֱלֹהִ֖יםGodʾelohimH430לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃<to> before youlifneikhemH6440
45:6
כִּי־forki-H3588זֶ֛הthiszehH2088שְׁנָתַ֥יִםtwo yearsshenatayimH8141הָרָעָ֖בthe famineharaavH7458בְּקֶ֣רֶב[has been] in [the] midst ofbekerevH7130הָאָ֑רֶץthe landhaaretzH776וְעוֹד֙and stillveodH5750חָמֵ֣שׁfivechameshH2568שָׁנִ֔יםyearsshanimH8141אֲשֶׁ֥רwhenʾasherH834אֵין־there notʾein-H369חָרִ֖ישׁ[will be] plowingcharishH2758וְקָצִּֽיר׃and harvestvekatzirH7105
45:7
וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֤נִיand he sent mevaiyishlacheniH7971אֱלֹהִים֙GodʾelohimH430לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם<to> before youlifneikhemH6440לָשׂ֥וּםto makelasumH7760לָכֶ֛םfor youlakhemשְׁאֵרִ֖יתa remnantsheeritH7611בָּאָ֑רֶץon the earthbaaretzH776וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹתand to preserve aliveulehachayotH2421לָכֶ֔םfor youlakhemלִפְלֵיטָ֖ה<to> a deliverancelifleitahH6413גְּדֹלָֽה׃greatgedolahH1419
45:8
וְעַתָּ֗הand thereforeveatahH6258לֹֽא־notlo'-H3808אַתֶּ֞םyouʾatemH859שְׁלַחְתֶּ֤םyou sentshelachtemH7971אֹתִי֙<obj.> meʾotiH853הֵ֔נָּהhitherhenahH2008כִּ֖יforkiH3588הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים<the> GodhaelohimH430וַיְשִׂימֵ֨נִֽיand he has appointed mevaysimeniH7760לְאָ֜בto a fatherleavH1לְפַרְעֹ֗הof PharaohlefarohH6547וּלְאָדוֹן֙and to lorduleadonH113לְכָל־of alllekholH3605בֵּית֔וֹhousehold hisbeitoH1004וּמֹשֵׁ֖לand rulerumoshelH4910בְּכָל־over allbekholH3605אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land ofʾeretzH776מִצְרָֽיִם׃EgyptmitzrayimH4714
45:9
מַהֲרוּ֮hurrymaharuH4116וַעֲל֣וּand go upvaaluH5927אֶל־toʾel-H413אָבִי֒father myʾaviH1וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣םand you will sayvaamartemH559אֵלָ֗יוto himʾelavH413כֹּ֤הthuskohH3541אָמַר֙he saysʾamarH559בִּנְךָ֣son yourbinkhaH1121יוֹסֵ֔ףJosephyosefH3130שָׂמַ֧נִיhe has appointed mesamaniH7760אֱלֹהִ֛יםGodʾelohimH430לְאָד֖וֹןto lordleadonH113לְכָל־of alllekholH3605מִצְרָ֑יִםEgyptmitzrayimH4714רְדָ֥הcome down !redahH3381אֵלַ֖יto meʾelaiH413אַֽל־may notʾal-H408תַּעֲמֹֽד׃you delaytaamodH5975
45:10
וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֣and you will dwellveyashavtaH3427בְאֶֽרֶץ־in [the] land ofveeretz-H776גֹּ֗שֶׁןGoshengoshenH1657וְהָיִ֤יתָand you will bevehayitaH1961קָרוֹב֙nearkarovH7138אֵלַ֔יto meʾelaiH413אַתָּ֕הyouʾatahH859וּבָנֶ֖יךָand children youruvaneikhaH1121וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] children ofuveneiH1121בָנֶ֑יךָchildren yourvaneikhaH1121וְצֹאנְךָ֥and sheep yourvetzonekhaH6629וּבְקָרְךָ֖and cattle youruvekarechaH1241וְכָל־and allvekholH3605אֲשֶׁר־thatʾasher-H834לָֽךְ׃[belongs] to youlakh

Ramban on Genesis 45:10

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
Joseph knew that his father would not want to stay in that part of the land of Egypt where the royal palace was. Therefore he now informed him that he will settle him in the land of Goshen.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

45:11
וְכִלְכַּלְתִּ֤יand I will provide forvekhilkaltiH3557אֹֽתְךָ֙<obj.> youʾotekhaH853שָׁ֔םthereshamH8033כִּי־forki-H3588ע֛וֹדstillodH5750חָמֵ֥שׁ[will be] fivechameshH2568שָׁנִ֖יםyearsshanimH8141רָעָ֑בfamineraavH7458פֶּן־lestpen-H6435תִּוָּרֵ֛שׁyou should become impoverishedtivareshH3423אַתָּ֥הyouʾatahH859וּבֵֽיתְךָ֖and household youruveitekhaH1004וְכָל־and allvekholH3605אֲשֶׁר־thatʾasher-H834לָֽךְ׃[belongs] to youlakh

Ramban on Genesis 45:11

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
Joseph said this by way of respect for his father. To his brothers he said, For G-d did send me before you to preserve life, 39 Verse 5 here. and to give you a remnant, 40 Verse 7 here.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

45:12
וְהִנֵּ֤הand there!vehinehH2009עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙eyes yourʾeineikhemH5869רֹא֔וֹת[are] seeingrootH7200וְעֵינֵ֖יand [the] eyes ofveeineiH5869אָחִ֣יbrother myʾachiH251בִנְיָמִ֑יןBenjaminvinyaminH1144כִּי־thatki-H3588פִ֖יmouth myfiH6310הַֽמְדַבֵּ֥ר[is] the [one which] speakshamdaberH1696אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃to youʾaleikhemH413

Ramban on Genesis 45:12

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
I.e., in the Holy Language. This is the opinion of the commentators, 41 Rashi, Ibn Ezra and R’dak. and it is also the translation of Onkelos.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

45:13
וְהִגַּדְתֶּ֣םand you will tellvehigadtemH5046לְאָבִ֗יto father myleaviH1אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853כָּל־allkol-H3605כְּבוֹדִי֙honor mykevodiH3519בְּמִצְרַ֔יִםin EgyptbemitzrayimH4714וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>veetH853כָּל־allkol-H3605אֲשֶׁ֣רthatʾasherH834רְאִיתֶ֑םyou sawreitemH7200וּמִֽהַרְתֶּ֛םand you will hurryumihartemH4116וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֥םand you will bring downvehoradtemH3381אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853אָבִ֖יfather myʾaviH1הֵֽנָּה׃hitherhenahH2008
45:14
וַיִּפֹּ֛לand he fellvaiyipolH5307עַל־onʾal-H5921צַוְּארֵ֥י[the] neck<s> oftzavereiH6677בִנְיָמִֽן־Benjaminvinyamin-H1144אָחִ֖יוbrother hisʾachivH251וַיֵּ֑בְךְּand he weptvaiyevekH1058וּבִנְיָמִ֔ןand BenjaminuvinyaminH1144בָּכָ֖הhe weptbakhahH1058עַל־onʾal-H5921צַוָּארָֽיו׃neck<s> histzavaravH6677

Ibn Ezra on Genesis 45:14

Ibn EzraSpain, 1089–1167· Commentary
NECK. Scripture employs both the plural and singular forms for the neck. 10 The singular of neck is tzavvar. Cf.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

45:15
וַיְנַשֵּׁ֥קand he kissedvaynashekH5401לְכָל־<to> alllekholH3605אֶחָ֖יוbrothers hisʾechavH251וַיֵּ֣בְךְּand he weptvaiyevekH1058עֲלֵיהֶ֑םover themʾaleihemH5921וְאַ֣חֲרֵיand afterveachareiH310כֵ֔ןthuskhenH3651דִּבְּר֥וּthey spokediberuH1696אֶחָ֖יוbrothers hisʾechavH251אִתּֽוֹ׃with himʾitoH854

Pharaoh Sends Wagons for Jacob

45:16
וְהַקֹּ֣לand the soundvehakolH6963נִשְׁמַ֗עit was heardnishma'H8085בֵּ֤ית[the] house ofbeitH1004פַּרְעֹה֙PharaohparohH6547לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> sayinglemorH559בָּ֖אוּthey have comebauH935אֲחֵ֣י[the] brothers ofʾacheiH251יוֹסֵ֑ףJosephyosefH3130וַיִּיטַב֙and it was goodvaiyitavH3190בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes ofbeeineiH5869פַרְעֹ֔הPharaohfarohH6547וּבְעֵינֵ֖יand in [the] eyes ofuveeineiH5869עֲבָדָֽיו׃servants hisʾavadavH5650
45:17
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559פַּרְעֹה֙PharaohparohH6547אֶל־toʾel-H413יוֹסֵ֔ףJosephyosefH3130אֱמֹ֥רsayʾemorH559אֶל־toʾel-H413אַחֶ֖יךָbrothers yourʾacheikhaH251זֹ֣אתthiszotH2063עֲשׂ֑וּdoʾasuH6213טַֽעֲנוּ֙loadtaanuH2943אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853בְּעִ֣ירְכֶ֔םanimal[s] yourbeirekhemH1165וּלְכוּ־and goulekhu-H1980בֹ֖אוּgovouH935אַ֥רְצָה[the] land of towardsʾartzahH776כְּנָֽעַן׃CanaankenaanH3667
45:18
וּקְח֧וּand fetchukechuH3947אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853אֲבִיכֶ֛םfather yourʾavikhemH1וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853בָּתֵּיכֶ֖םhouseholds yourbateikhemH1004וּבֹ֣אוּand comeuvouH935אֵלָ֑יto meʾelaiH413וְאֶתְּנָ֣הso let me giveveetenahH5414לָכֶ֗םto youlakhemאֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853טוּב֙[the] good thing[s] oftuvH2898אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land ofʾeretzH776מִצְרַ֔יִםEgyptmitzrayimH4714וְאִכְל֖וּand eatveikhluH398אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853חֵ֥לֶב[the] fat ofchelevH2459הָאָֽרֶץ׃the landhaaretzH776
45:19
וְאַתָּ֥הand youveatahH859צֻוֵּ֖יתָהyou are commandedtzuveitahH6680זֹ֣אתthiszotH2063עֲשׂ֑וּdoʾasuH6213קְחוּ־takekechu-H3947לָכֶם֩for yourselveslakhemמֵאֶ֨רֶץfrom [the] land ofmeeretzH776מִצְרַ֜יִםEgyptmitzrayimH4714עֲגָל֗וֹתcartsagalotH5699לְטַפְּכֶם֙for little one[s] yourletapekhemH2945וְלִנְשֵׁיכֶ֔םand for wives yourvelinsheikhemH802וּנְשָׂאתֶ֥םand you will carryunesatemH5375אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853אֲבִיכֶ֖םfather yourʾavikhemH1וּבָאתֶֽם׃and you will comeuvatemH935
45:20
וְעֵ֣ינְכֶ֔םand eye yourveeinekhemH5869אַל־may notʾal-H408תָּחֹ֖סit look with regrettachosH2347עַל־onʾal-H5921כְּלֵיכֶ֑םthings yourkeleikhemH3627כִּי־forki-H3588ט֛וּב[the] good thing[s] oftuvH2898כָּל־allkol-H3605אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land ofʾeretzH776מִצְרַ֖יִםEgyptmitzrayimH4714לָכֶ֥ם[will belong] to youlakhemהֽוּא׃ithu'H1931
45:21
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־and they didvaiyaasu-H6213כֵן֙thuskhenH3651בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons ofbeneiH1121יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsraelyisraelH3478וַיִּתֵּ֨ןand he gavevaiyitenH5414לָהֶ֥םto themlahemיוֹסֵ֛ףJosephyosefH3130עֲגָל֖וֹתcartsagalotH5699עַל־onʾal-H5921פִּ֣י[the] mouth ofpiH6310פַרְעֹ֑הPharaohfarohH6547וַיִּתֵּ֥ןand he gavevaiyitenH5414לָהֶ֛םto themlahemצֵדָ֖הprovision[s]tzedahH6720לַדָּֽרֶךְ׃for the journeyladarekhH1870
45:22
לְכֻלָּ֥םto all of themlekhulamH3605נָתַ֛ןhe gavenatanH5414לָאִ֖ישׁto <the> eachlaishH376חֲלִפ֣וֹתchanges ofchalifotH2487שְׂמָלֹ֑תclothessemalotH8071וּלְבִנְיָמִ֤ןand to BenjaminulevinyaminH1144נָתַן֙he gavenatanH5414שְׁלֹ֣שׁthree ofsheloshH7969מֵא֣וֹתhundred<s>meotH3967כֶּ֔סֶףsilverkesefH3701וְחָמֵ֖שׁand fivevechameshH2568חֲלִפֹ֥תchanges ofchalifotH2487שְׂמָלֹֽת׃clothessemalotH8071
45:23
וּלְאָבִ֞יוand to father hisuleavivH1שָׁלַ֤חhe sentshalachH7971כְּזֹאת֙according to thiskezotH2063עֲשָׂרָ֣הtenʾasarahH6235חֲמֹרִ֔יםdonkeyschamorimH2543נֹשְׂאִ֖יםcarryingnoseimH5375מִטּ֣וּבsome of [the] good thing[s] ofmituvH2898מִצְרָ֑יִםEgyptmitzrayimH4714וְעֶ֣שֶׂרand tenveeserH6235אֲתֹנֹ֡תfemale donkeysʾatonotH860נֹֽ֠שְׂאֹתcarryingnoseotH5375בָּ֣רgrainbarH1250וָלֶ֧חֶםand foodvalechemH3899וּמָז֛וֹןand foodumazonH4202לְאָבִ֖יוfor father hisleavivH1לַדָּֽרֶךְ׃for the journeyladarekhH1870
45:24
וַיְשַׁלַּ֥חand he sent offvayshalachH7971אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853אֶחָ֖יוbrothers hisʾechavH251וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּand they wentvaiyelekhuH1980וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אֲלֵהֶ֔םto themʾalehemH413אַֽל־may notʾal-H408תִּרְגְּז֖וּyou stir uptirgezuH7264בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃on the waybadarekhH1870

Jacob's Spirit Revives

45:25
וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּand they went upvaiyaaluH5927מִמִּצְרָ֑יִםfrom EgyptmimitzrayimH4714וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙and they camevaiyavouH935אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land ofʾeretzH776כְּנַ֔עַןCanaankenaanH3667אֶֽל־toʾel-H413יַעֲקֹ֖בJacobyaakoH3290אֲבִיהֶֽם׃father theirʾavihemH1
45:26
וַיַּגִּ֨דוּand they toldvaiyagiduH5046ל֜וֹto himloלֵאמֹ֗ר<to> sayinglemorH559ע֚וֹדstillodH5750יוֹסֵ֣ףJosephyosefH3130חַ֔י[is] alivechaiH2416וְכִֽי־and thatvekhi-H3588ה֥וּאhehu'H1931מֹשֵׁ֖ל[is] rulingmoshelH4910בְּכָל־over allbekholH3605אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land ofʾeretzH776מִצְרָ֑יִםEgyptmitzrayimH4714וַיָּ֣פָגand it grew numbvaiyafogH6313לִבּ֔וֹheart hisliboH3820כִּ֥יforkiH3588לֹא־notlo'-H3808הֶאֱמִ֖יןhe believedheeminH539לָהֶֽם׃<to> themlahem
45:27
וַיְדַבְּר֣וּand they spokevaydaberuH1696אֵלָ֗יוto himʾelavH413אֵ֣ת<obj.>ʾetH853כָּל־allkol-H3605דִּבְרֵ֤י[the] words ofdivreiH1697יוֹסֵף֙JosephyosefH3130אֲשֶׁ֣רwhichʾasherH834דִּבֶּ֣רhe had spokendiberH1696אֲלֵהֶ֔םto themʾalehemH413וַיַּרְא֙and he sawvaiyar'H7200אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853הָ֣עֲגָל֔וֹתthe cartshaagalotH5699אֲשֶׁר־whichʾasher-H834שָׁלַ֥חhe had sentshalachH7971יוֹסֵ֖ףJosephyosefH3130לָשֵׂ֣אתto carrylasetH5375אֹת֑וֹ<obj.> himʾotoH853וַתְּחִ֕יand it livedvatechiH2421ר֖וּחַ[the] spirit ofruachH7307יַעֲקֹ֥בJacobyaakoH3290אֲבִיהֶֽם׃father theirʾavihemH1
45:28
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he saidvaiyomerH559יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsraelyisraelH3478רַ֛בenoughravH7227עוֹד־stillʾod-H5750יוֹסֵ֥ףJosephyosefH3130בְּנִ֖יson mybeniH1121חָ֑י[is] alivechaiH2416אֵֽלְכָ֥הI will goʾelekhahH1980וְאֶרְאֶ֖נּוּso I may see himveerenuH7200בְּטֶ֥רֶם<in> beforebeteremH2962אָמֽוּת׃I will dieʾamutH4191

Hebrew words in this chapter

The 40 most used Hebrew words of the chapter, counted by lemma. The article, the object marker, the negatives and the common prepositions are left out.

WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
יוֹסֵףYôwçêphJoseph14H3130
אָחʼâchbrother12H251
אָמַרʼâmarto say11H559
אָבʼâbfather11H1
אֶרֶץʼeretsland11H776
מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimEgypt10H4714
נָתַןnâthanto give6H5414
פַּרְעֹהParʻôhPharaoh6H6547
עַיִןʻayineye6H5869
שָׁלַחshâlachhe sent me6H7971
בֵּןbênson6H1121
בַּיִתbayithhousehold of5H1004
עוֹדʻôwdstill5H5750
בּוֹאbôwʼto come5H935
אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymGod4H430
רָאָהrâʼâhto see4H7200
בִּנְיָמִיןBinyâmîynBenjamin4H1144
דָבַרdâbarto speak4H1696
נָשָׂאnâsâʼand you will carry4H5375
אִישׁʼîyshman3H376
WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
שָׁמַעshâmaʻand they heard3H8085
חַיchayalive3H2416
הֵנָּהhênnâhhither3H2008
שָׁנֶהshânehyear3H8141
חָמֵשׁchâmêshfive3H2568
שׂוּםsûwmmake3H7760
בָּכָהbâkâhand he wept3H1058
עָשָׂהʻâsâhdo3H6213
הָלַךְhâlakwent3H1980
טוּבṭûwbgood thing of3H2898
עֲגָלָהʻăgâlâhcart3H5699
דֶּרֶךְderekway3H1870
יָכֹלyâkôlbe able2H3201
עָמַדʻâmadhe stood2H5975
קוֹלqôwlvoice2H6963
נָגַשׁnâgashdraw near2H5066
מָכַרmâkaryou sold2H4376
עַתָּהʻattâhnow2H6258
רָעָבrâʻâbfamine2H7458
חָיָהchâyâhand to preserve alive2H2421

Keep studying

Sources for this chapter

The Hebrew text

STEP Bible, the tagged Hebrew text and its English glosses and James Strong, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance.

In Jewish life

Rashi, Rashi on Genesis 45:1:1, 45:2:1, 45:3:1, 45:5:1, 45:6:1, 45:8:1, 45:9:1, 45:11:1, 45:12:1, 45:14:1, 45:15:1, 45:16:1, 45:17:1, 45:18:1, 45:19:1, 45:23:1, 45:24:1 and 45:26:1, the Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A. M. Silbermann, 1929 to 1934, public domain; Rashi on Genesis 45:4:1, cited only; Ramban, Ramban on Genesis 45:10:1, the Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides), translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel, Shilo Publishing House, New York, 1971 to 1976, CC-BY; Sforno, Sforno on Genesis 45:13:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY; Radak, Radak on Genesis 45:20:1 and 45:21:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY; Ibn Ezra, Ibn Ezra on Genesis 45:22:1, cited only, no English version in the corpus under a licence permitting quotation; Midrash, Midrash Lekach Tov, Genesis 45:4:1, 45:4:2, 45:5:1, 45:7:1, 45:7:2, 45:10:1, 45:11:1, 45:13:1, 45:15:1 and 45:20:1; Bereshit Rabbah 25:3, 90:1, 93:2, 93:8, 93:10, 93:11, 93:12, 94:2, 94:3 and 95:3; Bereshit Rabbati, Parashat Vayigash 3, 4, 27 and 29; Aggadat Bereshit 37:2, 61:2, 65:3, 73:3 and 79:4; Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 45:2:1 and 45:27:1; Midrash Sekhel Tov, Bereshit 45:10:1 and 45:11:1; Bamidbar Rabbah 14:8; Esther Rabbah 7:25; Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition), Taanit 1:43; Babylonian Talmud, Chagigah 4b:8, Avodah Zarah 9b:3; Kiddushin 69a as Rashi cites it; Jerusalem Talmud, Jerusalem Talmud Eruvin 3:1:8 and Avot DeRabbi Natan, Avot DeRabbi Natan 30:4.

The rabbinic texts

Ramban, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976; Ibn Ezra, Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004; Targum, Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation] and Sefaria, texts and citation data.

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