Genesis 47:18 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 47:18

When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.

BSB

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ASV

And 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:

KJV

When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

When that year was ended - The sixth year of the famine, they came unto him the second year, which was the last or seventh year of the famine, in which it was necessary to sow the land that there might be a crop the succeeding year; for Joseph, on whose prediction they relied, had foretold that the famine should continue only seven years, and consequently they expected the eighth year to be a fruitful year provided the land was sowed, without which, though the inundation of the land by the Nile might amount to the sixteen requisite cubits, there could be no crop.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּתֹּם֮	va.ti.Tom	and it was finished	H8552 →
הַשָּׁנָ֣ה	ha.sha.Nah	the year	H8141 →
הַהִוא֒	ha.hi.V'	<the> that	H1931 →
וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they came	H935 →
אֵלָ֜יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה	ba.sha.Nah	in the year	H8141 →
הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית	ha.she.Nit	<the> second	H8145 →
וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ	vai.Yo.me.ru	and they said	H559 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to him
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
נְכַחֵ֣ד	ne.kha.Ched	we will hide	H3582 →
מֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔י	me.'a.do.Ni	from lord my	H113 →
כִּ֚י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
תַּ֣ם	tam	it has been finished	H8552 →
הַכֶּ֔סֶף	ha.Ke.sef	the money	H3701 →
וּמִקְנֵ֥ה	u.mik.Neh	and [the] livestock of	H4735 →
הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה	ha.be.he.Mah	the cattle	H929 →
אֶל־	'el-	[is] to	H413 →
אֲדֹנִ֑י	'a.do.Ni	lord my	H113 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נִשְׁאַר֙	nish.'Ar	it is left	H7604 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
אֲדֹנִ֔י	'a.do.Ni	lord my	H113 →
בִּלְתִּ֥י	bil.Ti	except	H1115 →
אִם־	'im-	<if>	H518 →
גְּוִיָּתֵ֖נוּ	ge.vi.ya.Te.nu	body our	H1472 →
וְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃	ve.'ad.ma.Te.nu	and land our	H127 →

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Jeremiah 38:9
“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there…
leads to
- Jeremiah 37:21
  So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in…
- Esther 7:4–6
  For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would…
- Jeremiah 52:6
  By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- Job 31:34
  because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
Through
2 Kings 6:26
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:4
  When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
- Isaiah 10:3
  What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
- Acts 21:28
  crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and…
- Luke 18:3
  And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

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