Fled יָּ֖נָס

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Apr 26, 2025 · 3m

We are still in chapter 39 of Genesis with our word for today used four times in our chapter. יָּ֖נָס from the root word נוּס flee, escape, drive on, slip away, put to flight. The root is used 158 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense to flee away in order to escape some kind of danger. Like when the angels were helping Lot and his family out of Sodom and Gomorrah before it was completely destroyed. Genesis 19:20 Behold, this city is near enough to לָנ֥וּס flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there. This is the same way our word is used in our chapter today…