King James Version
Genesis 50:22 in the King James Version says “And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.”
Genesis 50:22 · KJV
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. kindly: Heb. to their hearts
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. brought: Heb. born
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“dwelt”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“he and his father's”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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