KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 37:25 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
|---|---|---|---|
| “And they sat down” | וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֮ | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | sat down |
| “to eat” | לֶֽאֱכָל | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “bread:” | לֶחֶם֒ | Food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) | bread |
| “and they lifted up” | וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | lifted up |
| “their eyes” | עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | eyes |
| “and looked,” | וַיִּרְא֔וּ | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | looked |
| “and, behold,” | וְהִנֵּה֙ | Lo! | behold |
| “a company” | אֹֽרְחַ֣ת | A caravan | company |
| “of Ishmeelites” | יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים | A Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael | Ishmeelites |
| “came” | בָּאָ֖ה | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | came |
| “from Gilead” | מִגִּלְעָ֑ד | Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites | Gilead |
| “with their camels” | וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֣ם | A camel | camels |
| “bearing” | נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | bearing |
| “spicery” | נְכֹאת֙ | Properly, a smiting, i.e., (concretely) an aromatic gum (perhaps styrax) (as powdered) | spicery |
| “and balm” | וּצְרִ֣י | Distillation, i.e., balsam | balm |
| “and myrrh,” | וָלֹ֔ט | A gum (from its sticky nature), probably ladanum | myrrh |
| “going” | הֽוֹלְכִ֖ים | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | going |
| “to carry down” | לְהוֹרִ֥יד | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | carry down |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “to Egypt.” | מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
See Genesis 37:25 with its adjacent verses in bold below. Follow either of the two large buttons below to see these verses in their broader context of the King James Bible or a Bible concordance.
| Very High |
Verse Search Popularity Levels What do people search for?Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. |
|
| High | ||
| Medium | ||
| Low | ||
| Very Low |
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
The King James Bible (1611) and Strong's Concordance (1890) with Hebrew and Greek dictionaries are sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool.