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Genesis 48:1-7

1And it came to passafterאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310thesethingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697, that onetoldוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Josephלְיוֹסֵ֔ףle.yo.SefH3130, Behold, 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, Behold, thysonבִּנְךָ֥bin.KhaH1121Josephיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130comethבָּ֣אba'H935to thee: andIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478strengthenedוַיִּתְחַזֵּק֙vai.yit.cha.ZekH2388himself, andsatוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427upon thebedהַמִּטָּֽה׃ha.mi.TahH4296.

3AndJacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130,Godאֵ֥ל'elH410Almightyשַׁדַּ֛יsha.DaiH7706appearedנִרְאָֽה־nir.'ah-H7200to me atLuzבְּל֖וּזbe.LuzH3870in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667, andblessedוַיְבָ֖רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288me,

4Andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to me, Behold, I will make theefruitfulמַפְרְךָ֙maf.re.KhaH6509, andmultiplyוְהִרְבִּיתִ֔ךָve.hir.bi.Ti.khaH7235thee, and I willmakeוּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaH5414of thee amultitudeלִקְהַ֣לlik.HalH6951ofpeopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971; and willgiveוְנָ֨תַתִּ֜יve.Na.ta.TiH5414thislandהָאָ֧רֶץha.'A.retzH776to thyseedלְזַרְעֲךָ֥le.zar.'a.KhaH2233aftertheeאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310for aneverlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769possessionאֲחֻזַּ֥ת'a.chu.ZatH272.

5And now thytwoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147sonsבָנֶיךָ֩va.nei.KhaH1121,Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669andManassehוּמְנַשֶּׁ֔הu.me.na.ShehH4519, who werebornהַנּוֹלָדִ֨יםha.no.la.DimH3205to thee in thelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֗יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714beforeעַד־'ad-H5704Icameבֹּאִ֥יbo.'IH935to thee intoEgyptמִצְרַ֖יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahH4714, are mine; asReubenכִּרְאוּבֵ֥ןkir.'u.VenH7205andSimeonוְשִׁמְע֖וֹןve.shim.'onH8095, they shall be mine.

6And thyissueוּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛u.mo.lad.te.KhaH4138, which thoubegettestהוֹלַ֥דְתָּho.Lad.taH3205afterאַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם'a.cha.rei.HemH310them, shall be thine, and shall becalledיִקָּרְא֖וּyi.ka.re.'UH7121afterעַ֣ל'alH5921thenameשֵׁ֧םshemH8034of theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֛ם'a.chei.HemH251in theirinheritanceבְּנַחֲלָתָֽם׃be.na.cha.la.TamH5159.

7And as for me, when Icameבְּבֹאִ֣יbe.vo.'IH935fromPadanמִפַּדָּ֗ןmi.pa.DanH6307,Rachelרָחֵ֜לra.ChelH7354diedמֵ֩תָה֩me.tahH4191by me in thelandבְּאֶ֤רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנַ֙עַן֙ke.Na.'anH3667in thewayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870,whenבְּע֥וֹדbe.'odH5750yet there was but alittleכִּבְרַת־kiv.rat-H3530wayאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776tocomeלָבֹ֣אla.Vo'H935toEphrathאֶפְרָ֑תָה'ef.Ra.tahH672: and I buriedherוָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָva.'ek.be.Re.haH6912there in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofEphrathאֶפְרָ֔ת'ef.RatH672; the same isBethlehemH1035.

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