אֶל
el
1. to, toward, unto (of motion)
2. into (limit is actually entered)
a. in among
3. toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4. against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5. in addition to, to
6. concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7. according to (rule or standard)
8. at, by, against (of one's presence)
9. in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 4,204 verses
- Genesis 42:33 אֵלֵ֗ינוּ
Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
- Genesis 42:34 אֵלַי֒
But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
- Genesis 42:36 אֲלֵהֶם֙
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- Genesis 42:37 אֶל־אֵלֶ֑יךָאֵלֶֽיךָ׃
Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
- Genesis 43:2 אֲלֵיהֶם֙
So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
- Genesis 43:3 אֵלָ֛יו
But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
- Genesis 43:5 אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙
But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
- Genesis 43:8 אֶל־
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
- Genesis 43:9 אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
- Genesis 43:11 אֲלֵהֶ֜ם
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
- Genesis 43:13 אֶל־
Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
- Genesis 43:19 אֶל־אֵלָ֖יו
So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
- Genesis 43:21 אֶל־
But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
- Genesis 43:23 אֵלָ֑יאֲלֵהֶ֖ם
“It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
- Genesis 43:29 אֵלָ֑י
When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
- Genesis 43:30 אֶל־
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
- Genesis 43:33 אֶל־
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
- Genesis 43:34 אֲלֵהֶם֒
When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
- Genesis 44:4 אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
- Genesis 44:6 אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
- Genesis 44:7 אֵלָ֔יו
“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
- Genesis 44:8 אֵלֶ֖יךָ
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
- Genesis 44:17 אֶל־
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
- Genesis 44:18 אֵלָ֜יו
Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
- Genesis 44:20 אֶל־
And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
- Genesis 44:21 אֶל־אֵלָ֑י
Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
- Genesis 44:22 אֶל־
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
- Genesis 44:23 אֶל־
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
- Genesis 44:24 אֶֽל־
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
- Genesis 44:27 אֵלֵ֑ינוּ
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
- Genesis 44:30 אֶל־
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
- Genesis 44:32 אֵלֶ֔יךָ
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
- Genesis 44:34 אֶל־
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
- Genesis 45:1 אֶל־
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
- Genesis 45:3 אֶל־
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
- Genesis 45:4 אֶל־אֵלַ֖י
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
- Genesis 45:9 אֶל־אֵלָ֗יואֵלַ֖י
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
- Genesis 45:10 אֵלַ֔י
You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
- Genesis 45:12 אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃
Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
- Genesis 45:17 אֶל־אֶל־
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 45:18 אֵלָ֑י
Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
- Genesis 45:24 אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
- Genesis 45:25 אֶֽל־
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 45:27 אֵלָ֗יואֲלֵהֶ֔ם
However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
- Genesis 46:28 אֶל־
Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
- Genesis 46:29 אֵלָ֗יו
Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
- Genesis 46:30 אֶל־
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
- Genesis 46:31 אֶל־וְאֶל־אֵלָ֔יואֵלָֽי׃
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
- Genesis 47:3 אֶל־אֶל־
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
- Genesis 47:4 אֶל־
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”