New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 48:5-7

5Nowוְעַתָּ֡הve.'a.TahH6258your twoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147sonsבָנֶיךָ֩va.nei.KhaH1121,who were bornהַנּוֹלָדִ֨יםha.no.la.DimH3205to you in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרַ֗יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714beforeעַד־'ad-H5704I cameבֹּאִ֥יbo.'IH935to you in Egyptמִצְרַ֖יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahH4714, are mine;Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669and Manassehוּמְנַשֶּׁ֔הu.me.na.ShehH4519shall be mine, asReubenכִּרְאוּבֵ֥ןkir.'u.VenH7205and Simeonוְשִׁמְע֖וֹןve.shim.'onH8095are.

6But your offspringוּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛u.mo.lad.te.KhaH4138thathave been bornהוֹלַ֥דְתָּho.Lad.taH3205afterאַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310them shall be yours; they shall be calledיִקָּרְא֖וּyi.ka.re.'UH7121by thenamesשֵׁ֧םshemH8034of their brothersאֲחֵיהֶ֛ם'a.chei.HemH251in their inheritanceבְּנַחֲלָתָֽם׃be.na.cha.la.TamH5159.

7Now as for me, when I cameבְּבֹאִ֣יbe.vo.'IH935fromPaddanמִפַּדָּ֗ןmi.pa.DanH6307,Rachelרָחֵ֜לra.ChelH7354diedמֵ֩תָה֩me.tahH4191,to my sorrowעָלַ֨י'a.LaiH5921,in the landבְּאֶ֤רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֙עַן֙ke.Na.'anH3667on the journeyבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870,when there was stillבְּע֥וֹדbe.'odH5750someH3530distanceכִּבְרַת־ אֶ֖רֶץkiv.rat- 'E.retzH3530 H776to goלָבֹ֣אla.Vo'H935to Ephrathאֶפְרָ֑תָה'ef.Ra.tahH672;and I buriedוָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָva.'ek.be.Re.haH6912her thereשָּׁם֙shamH8033on the wayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870to Ephrathאֶפְרָ֔ת'ef.RatH672(that is, BethlehemH1035).”

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