Genesis 47:15
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.”
לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
כֶּסֶף
money
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כֶּסֶף
Silver, money. Keseph. Come buy without money and without price. The most valuable things God offers cannot be purchased. They are received by faith.
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נֶגֶד
before/ you
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נֶגֶד
a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
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מוּת
will we die
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
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יָהַב
give/ !
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יָהַב
to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come
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כְּנַעַן
Canaan
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כְּנַעַן
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
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מִצְרִי
Egypt
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מִצְרִי
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
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מִצְרַיִם
Egypt
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מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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