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Genesis 48:1-7
1וַיְהִ֗יvay.HiH1961Some time laterאַחֲרֵי֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה'a.cha.Rei ha.de.va.Rim ha.'E.lehH310H1697H428Josephלְיוֹסֵ֔ף הִנֵּ֥הle.yo.Sef hi.NehH3130H2009was toldוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Your fatherאָבִ֖יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1is illחֹלֶ֑הcho.LehH2470.”So he set outוַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.KachH3947אֶת־'et-H853withעִמּ֔וֹi.MoH5973אֶת־'et-H853his twoשְׁנֵ֤יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנָיו֙va.NavH1121,Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֖הme.na.ShehH4519וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853and Ephraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃'ef.Ra.yimH669.
2When Jacobלְיַעֲקֹ֔ב וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֛הle.ya.'a.Ko vai.Yo.mer hi.NehH3290H559H2009was toldוַיַּגֵּ֣דvai.ya.GedH5046, “Your sonבִּנְךָ֥bin.KhaH1121Josephיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130has comeבָּ֣אba'H935to youאֵלֶ֑יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413,”Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478rallied his strengthוַיִּתְחַזֵּק֙vai.yit.cha.ZekH2388and sat upוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427inעַל־'al-H5921bedהַמִּטָּֽה׃ha.mi.TahH4296.
3Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130, “Godאֵ֥ל'elH410Almightyשַׁדַּ֛יsha.DaiH7706appearedנִרְאָֽה־nir.'ah-H7200to meאֵלַ֥י'e.LaiH413at Luzבְּל֖וּזbe.LuzH3870in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667,and there He blessedוַיְבָ֖רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288meאֹתִֽי׃'o.TiH853
4and toldוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559meאֵלַ֗י'e.LaiH413, ‘Beholdהִנְנִ֤יhi.NiH2005,I will make you fruitfulמַפְרְךָ֙maf.re.KhaH6509and multiply youוְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָve.hir.bi.Ti.khaH7235;I will make youוּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414a multitudeלִקְהַ֣לlik.HalH6951of peoplesעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971,and will giveוְנָ֨תַתִּ֜יve.Na.ta.TiH5414אֶת־'et-H853thisהַזֹּ֛אתha.ZotH2063landהָאָ֧רֶץha.'A.retzH776to your descendantsלְזַרְעֲךָ֥le.zar.'a.KhaH2233after youאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310as an everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769possessionאֲחֻזַּ֥ת'a.chu.ZatH272.’
5And nowוְעַתָּ֡הve.'a.TahH6258your twoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147sonsבָנֶיךָ֩va.nei.KhaH1121bornהַנּוֹלָדִ֨יםha.no.la.DimH3205to youin Egyptבְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֗יִםbe.'E.retz mitz.Ra.yimH776H4714beforeעַד־'ad-H5704I cameבֹּאִ֥יbo.'IH935to youאֵלֶ֛יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413hereמִצְרַ֖יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahH4714shall be reckoned asהֵ֑םHemH1992mine;Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669and Manassehוּמְנַשֶּׁ֔הu.me.na.ShehH4519shall beיִֽהְיוּ־yih.yu-H1961mine,just as Reubenכִּרְאוּבֵ֥ןkir.'u.VenH7205and Simeonוְשִׁמְע֖וֹןve.shim.'onH8095are mine.
6Any childrenוּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛u.mo.lad.te.KhaH4138אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834bornהוֹלַ֥דְתָּho.Lad.taH3205to youafter themאַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310shall be yoursיִהְי֑וּyih.YuH1961,and they shall be calledיִקָּרְא֖וּyi.ka.re.'UH7121byעַ֣ל'alH5921the namesשֵׁ֧םshemH8034of their brothersאֲחֵיהֶ֛ם'a.chei.HemH251in the territory they inheritבְּנַחֲלָתָֽם׃be.na.cha.la.TamH5159.
7Now as for meוַאֲנִ֣י׀va.'a.NiH589,when I was returningבְּבֹאִ֣יbe.vo.'IH935from Paddanמִפַּדָּ֗ןmi.pa.DanH6307,to my sorrowעָלַ֨י'a.LaiH5921Rachelרָחֵ֜לra.ChelH7354diedמֵ֩תָה֩me.tahH4191along the wayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870in the landבְּאֶ֤רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֙עַן֙ בְּע֥וֹדke.Na.'an be.'odH3667H5750,some distanceכִּבְרַת־ אֶ֖רֶץ לָבֹ֣אkiv.rat- 'E.retz la.Vo'H3530H776H935from Ephrathאֶפְרָ֑תָה'ef.Ra.tahH672.So I buried herוָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָva.'ek.be.Re.haH6912thereשָּׁם֙shamH8033beside the roadבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870to Ephrathאֶפְרָ֔ת'ef.RatH672” (thatהִ֖ואhi'H1931isבֵּ֥יתbeitH1035,Bethlehemלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH1035).
Commentaries on Genesis 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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