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Genesis 47:2

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Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they [are] in the land of Goshen.	And he took some of his brethren, [even] five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.	And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What [is] your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants [are] shepherds, both we, [and] also our fathers.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he took^H3947 some^H7097 of his brethren^H251, even five^H2568 men^H582, and presented^H3322 them unto^H6440 Pharaoh^H6547.

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Original Hebrew

וּמִקְצֵה אֶחָיו לָקַח חֲמִשָּׁה אֲנָשִׁים וַיַּצִּגֵם לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/מִ/קְצֵ֣ה	u./mi/k.Tzeh	H7097	HC/R/Ncbsc	and/ from/ (the) end of
אֶחָ֔י/ו	'e.Cha/v	H251	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	brothers/ his
לָקַ֖ח	la.Kach	H3947	HVqp3ms	he took
חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה	cha.mi.Shah	H2568	HAcmsa	five
אֲנָשִׁ֑ים	'a.na.Shim	H376	HNcmpa	men
וַ/יַּצִּגֵ֖/ם	va/i.ya.tzi.Ge/m	H3322	HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mp	and/ he presented/ them
לִ/פְנֵ֥י	li/f.Nei	H6440	HR/Ncbpc	(to)/ before
פַרְעֹֽה	far.'Oh	H6547	HNp	Pharaoh

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
• H3322 — יָצַג (yâtsag, yaw-tsag'): a primitive root; to place permanently; establish, leave, make, present, put, set, stay.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H6547 — פַּרְעֹה (Parʻôh, par-o'): of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings; Pharaoh.
• H7097 — קָצֶה (qâtseh, kaw-tseh'): or (negative only) קֵצֶה; from קָצָה; (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare קֵץ); an extremity; [idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• presented — Acts 7:13, 2 Corinthians 4:14, Colossians 1:28, Jude 1:24

Reciprocal references (1): Genesis 46:33

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• Nave’s: JACOB, JOSEPH

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