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Genesis 48:3-6

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.

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