Genesis 47:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.”
Genesis 47:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:2019 words
וַיִּקֶןwayiqenAnd erect
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶתʾet—
כָּלkālWhole
אַדְמַתʾadəmatSoil
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
מָכְרוּmāḵərûSell
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrite
אִישׁʾîšMan
שָׂדֵהוּśādēhûField
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
חָזַקḥāzaqFasten
עֲלֵהֶםʿălēhemAbove
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
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