Revised Version 1895

Genesis 48:1-7

1And itcameH1961topassH1961afterאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428things, that onesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toJosephלְיוֹסֵ֔ףle.yo.SefH3130,Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009, thyfatherאָבִ֖יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1issickחֹלֶ֑הcho.LehH2470: and hetookוַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.KachH3947with him histwoשְׁנֵ֤יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנָיו֙va.NavH1121,Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֖הme.na.ShehH4519andEphraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃'ef.Ra.yimH669.

2And onetoldוַיַּגֵּ֣דvai.ya.GedH5046Jacobלְיַעֲקֹ֔בle.ya.'a.KoH3290, andsaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Beholdהִנֵּ֛הhi.NehH2009, thysonבִּנְךָ֥bin.KhaH1121Josephיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130cometh unto thee: andIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478strengthenedוַיִּתְחַזֵּק֙vai.yit.cha.ZekH2388himselfH2388, andsatוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427uponעַל־'al-H5921thebedהַמִּטָּֽה׃ha.mi.TahH4296.

3AndJacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130,Godאֵ֥ל'elH410Almightyשַׁדַּ֛יsha.DaiH7706appearedנִרְאָֽה־nir.'ah-H7200untomeאֶל־'el-H413atLuzבְּל֖וּזbe.LuzH3870in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667, andblessedוַיְבָ֖רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288meאֵלַ֥י'e.LaiH413,

4andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untomeאֵלַ֗י'e.LaiH413,Beholdהִנְנִ֤יhi.NiH2005, I willmakeוּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414theefruitfulמַפְרְךָ֙maf.re.KhaH6509, andmultiplyוְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָve.hir.bi.Ti.khaH7235thee, and I willmakeH5414of thee acompanyלִקְהַ֣לlik.HalH6951ofpeoplesעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971; and willgiveוְנָ֨תַתִּ֜יve.Na.ta.TiH5414thislandהָאָ֧רֶץha.'A.retzH776to thyseedלְזַרְעֲךָ֥le.zar.'a.KhaH2233afterאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310thee for aneverlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769possessionאֲחֻזַּ֥ת'a.chu.ZatH272.

5Andnowוְעַתָּ֡הve.'a.TahH6258thytwoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147sonsבָנֶיךָ֩va.nei.KhaH1121, which werebornהַנּוֹלָדִ֨יםha.no.la.DimH3205unto thee in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֗יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714beforeH413Icameבֹּאִ֥יbo.'IH935unto theeintoH413Egyptמִצְרַ֖יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahH4714, are mine;Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669andManassehוּמְנַשֶּׁ֔הu.me.na.ShehH4519,evenעַד־'ad-H5704asReubenכִּרְאוּבֵ֥ןkir.'u.VenH7205andSimeonוְשִׁמְע֖וֹןve.shim.'onH8095, shall be mine.

6And thy issue,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou begettestafterH310them, shall be thine; they shall becalledיִקָּרְא֖וּyi.ka.re.'UH7121afterH310thenameשֵׁ֧םshemH8034of theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֛ם'a.chei.HemH251in theirinheritanceבְּנַחֲלָתָֽם׃be.na.cha.la.TamH5159.

7And as formeH5921, when Icameבְּבֹאִ֣יbe.vo.'IH935fromPaddanמִפַּדָּ֗ןmi.pa.DanH6307,Rachelרָחֵ֜לra.ChelH7354diedמֵ֩תָה֩me.tahH4191bymeH5921in thelandH776ofCanaanכְּנַ֙עַן֙ke.Na.'anH3667in thewayH1870, when there wasstillבְּע֥וֹדbe.'odH5750someכִּבְרַת־kiv.rat-H3530wayH1870tocomeלָבֹ֣אla.Vo'H935untoEphrathאֶפְרָ֑תָה'ef.Ra.tahH672: and Iburiedוָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָva.'ek.be.Re.haH6912herH5921there in thewayH1870toEphrathאֶפְרָ֔ת'ef.RatH672(thesameהִ֖ואhi'H1931is Beth-lehem).

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