Genesis 47:19
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.”
עֶבֶד
Servant, slave. Ebed. Moses was called the servant of the LORD, the highest honour. The greatest in God's kingdom is the servant of all.
מוּת
we will 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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זֶרַע
seed
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זֶרַע
Seed, offspring, descendant. Zera. The seed of the woman who would crush the serpent. Every promise of God has a seed that will grow.
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קָנָה
buy
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קָנָה
Form, create — qanah; to create and possess; God formed your inward parts — you were individually crafted by Him, not mass-produced
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גַּם
as well as
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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יָשַׁם
it will be desolate
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יָשַׁם
to lie waste
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