Genesis 47:19
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.Genesis 47:19 in the real world
In what words
- קָנָהqânâhto erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhsoil (from its general redness)
- זֶרַעzeraʻseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- חָיָהchâyâhto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- פַּרְעֹהParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kings
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- עֶבֶדʻebeda servant
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.