New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 48:3-6

3Then Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130, “Godאֵ֥ל'elH410Almightyשַׁדַּ֛יsha.DaiH7706appearedנִרְאָֽה־nir.'ah-H7200to me atLuzבְּל֖וּזbe.LuzH3870in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667and blessedוַיְבָ֖רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288me,

4and He saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to me, ‘BeholdH2009,I will makeמַפְרְךָ֙maf.re.KhaH6509you fruitfulH6509and numerousוְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָve.hir.bi.Ti.khaH7235,and I will makeוּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414you a multitudeלִקְהַ֣לlik.HalH6951of peoplesעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971,and will giveוְנָ֨תַתִּ֜יve.Na.ta.TiH5414thisH2088landהָאָ֧רֶץha.'A.retzH776to yourdescendantsלְזַרְעֲךָ֥le.zar.'a.KhaH2233afterאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310you asan everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769possessionאֲחֻזַּ֥ת'a.chu.ZatH272.’

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 childrenוּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛u.mo.lad.te.KhaH4138that you have fatheredהוֹלַ֥דְתָּho.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.

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