King James Version
Genesis 48:1-7
1And it came to pass afterאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310these thingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697, that onetoldוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Josephלְיוֹסֵ֔ףle.yo.SefH3130,Behold, thy fatherאָבִ֖יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1issickחֹלֶ֑הcho.LehH2470:and he tookוַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.KachH3947with him his twoשְׁנֵ֤יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנָיו֙va.NavH1121,Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֖הme.na.ShehH4519and Ephraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃'ef.Ra.yimH669.
2And onetoldוַיַּגֵּ֣דvai.ya.GedH5046Jacobלְיַעֲקֹ֔בle.ya.'a.KoH3290,and saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Behold, thy sonבִּנְךָ֥bin.KhaH1121Josephיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130comethבָּ֣אba'H935unto thee: and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478strengthenedוַיִּתְחַזֵּק֙vai.yit.cha.ZekH2388himself, and satוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427upon the bedהַמִּטָּֽה׃ha.mi.TahH4296.
3And Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130,Godאֵ֥ל'elH410Almightyשַׁדַּ֛יsha.DaiH7706appearedנִרְאָֽה־nir.'ah-H7200unto me at Luzבְּל֖וּזbe.LuzH3870in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667,and blessedוַיְבָ֖רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288me,
4And saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitfulמַפְרְךָ֙maf.re.KhaH6509,and multiplyוְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָve.hir.bi.Ti.khaH7235thee, and I will makeוּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414of thee a multitudeלִקְהַ֣לlik.HalH6951of peopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971;and will giveוְנָ֨תַתִּ֜יve.Na.ta.TiH5414this landהָאָ֧רֶץha.'A.retzH776to thy seedלְזַרְעֲךָ֥le.zar.'a.KhaH2233after theeאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310foran everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769possessionאֲחֻזַּ֥ת'a.chu.ZatH272.
5And now thy twoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147sonsבָנֶיךָ֩va.nei.KhaH1121,Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669and Manassehוּמְנַשֶּׁ֔הu.me.na.ShehH4519,which were bornהַנּוֹלָדִ֨יםha.no.la.DimH3205unto thee in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֗יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714beforeעַד־'ad-H5704I cameבֹּאִ֥יbo.'IH935unto thee into Egyptמִצְרַ֖יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahH4714, aremine; as Reubenכִּרְאוּבֵ֥ןkir.'u.VenH7205and Simeonוְשִׁמְע֖וֹןve.shim.'onH8095, they shall be mine.
6And thy issueוּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛u.mo.lad.te.KhaH4138,which thou begettestהוֹלַ֥דְתָּho.Lad.taH3205afterאַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310them, shall be thine, andshall be calledיִקָּרְא֖וּyi.ka.re.'UH7121afterעַ֣ל'alH5921the nameשֵׁ֧םshemH8034of their brethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֛ם'a.chei.HemH251in their inheritanceבְּנַחֲלָתָֽם׃be.na.cha.la.TamH5159.
7And as for me, when I cameבְּבֹאִ֣יbe.vo.'IH935from Padanמִפַּדָּ֗ןmi.pa.DanH6307,Rachelרָחֵ֜לra.ChelH7354diedמֵ֩תָה֩me.tahH4191by me in the landבְּאֶ֤רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֙עַן֙ke.Na.'anH3667in the wayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870,whenבְּע֥וֹדbe.'odH5750yet there wasbut a littleכִּבְרַת־kiv.rat-H3530wayאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776to comeלָבֹ֣אla.Vo'H935unto Ephrathאֶפְרָ֑תָה'ef.Ra.tahH672:and I buried herוָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָva.'ek.be.Re.haH6912there in the wayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870of Ephrathאֶפְרָ֔ת'ef.RatH672; the same isBeth–lehemH1035.
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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