Genesis 45:21 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 45:21

So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

KJV

And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(v. 21) And he gave them food along the way. The word Seda, which here everyone with one voice translates as 'provisions' (ἐπισιτισμὸν in Greek), is also found in the Psalter. For where our translation reads, 'I will abundantly bless her widow' (Ps. 132:15), (although in most manuscripts it is written as 'widow,' which is χήρα in Greek, some read it as 'prey,' θήραν), in Hebrew it has Seda, which means 'provisions.'

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Joseph gave them wagons - עגלות agaloth, from עגל agal, which, though not used as a verb in the Hebrew Bible, evidently means to turn round, roll round, be circular, etc., and hence very properly applied to wheel carriages. It appears from this that such vehicles were very early in use, and that the road from Egypt to Canaan must have been very open and much frequented, else such carriages could not have passed by it.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־	vai.ya.'a.su-	and they did	H6213 →
כֵן֙	khen	thus	H3651 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he gave	H5414 →
לָהֶ֥ם	la.Hem	to them
יוֹסֵ֛ף	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
עֲגָל֖וֹת	a.ga.Lot	carts	H5699 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פִּ֣י	pi	[the] mouth of	H6310 →
פַרְעֹ֑ה	far.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
וַיִּתֵּ֥ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he gave	H5414 →
לָהֶ֛ם	la.Hem	to them
צֵדָ֖ה	tze.Dah	provision[s]	H6720 →
לַדָּֽרֶךְ׃	la.Da.rekh	for the journey	H1870 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 46:5
Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
leads to
- Genesis 45:27
  However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 45:19
  You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
Through
2 Chronicles 8:13
He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 16:16
  Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast…
- Exodus 29:38–42
  This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.
- Ezekiel 46:3–15
  On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
Through
Genesis 45:19
You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
leads to
- Genesis 46:5
  Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
- Genesis 31:17–18
  Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Ezekiel 23:24
They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment…
leads to
- Jeremiah 39:5–6
  But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of…

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Genesis