TanakhML Project. Text Browser. Parallel

Gen 48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

wayyaggēḏ ləya‘ăqōḇ wayyō’mer hinnēh binəḵā yôsēp̱ bā’ ’ēleyḵā wayyiṯəḥazzēq yiśərā’ēl wayyēšeḇ ‘al-hammiṭṭāh

Gen 48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

wayyō’mer ya‘ăqōḇ ’el-yôsēp̱ ’ēl šadday nirə’āh-’ēlay bəlûz bə’ereṣ kənā‘an wayəḇāreḵ ’ōṯî

Gen 48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

wayyō’mer ’ēlay hinənî map̱ərəḵā wəhirəbîṯiḵā ûnəṯattîḵā liqəhal ‘ammîm wənāṯattî ’eṯ-hā’āreṣ hazzō’ṯ ləzarə‘ăḵā ’aḥăreyḵā ’ăḥuzzaṯ ‘ôlām

Gen 48:4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

wə‘attāh šənê-ḇāneyḵā hannôlāḏîm ləḵā bə’ereṣ miṣərayim ‘aḏ-bō’î ’ēleyḵā miṣərayəmāh lî-hēm ’ep̱ərayim ûmənaššeh kirə’ûḇēn wəšimə‘ôn yihəyû-lî

Gen 48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

ûmôlaḏətəḵā ’ăšer-hôlaḏətā ’aḥărêhem ləḵā yihəyû ‘al šēm ’ăḥêhem yiqqārə’û bənaḥălāṯām

Gen 48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

wa’ănî bəḇō’î mippaddān mēṯāh ‘ālay rāḥēl bə’ereṣ kəna‘an baddereḵ bə‘ôḏ kiḇəraṯ-’ereṣ lāḇō’ ’ep̱ərāṯāh wā’eqəbərehā ššām bəḏereḵ ’ep̱ərāṯ hiw’ bêṯ lāḥem

Gen 48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.

wayyarə’ yiśərā’ēl ’eṯ-bənê yôsēp̱ wayyō’mer mî-’ēlleh

Gen 48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

wayyō’mer yôsēp̱ ’el-’āḇîw bānay hēm ’ăšer-nāṯan-lî ’ĕlōhîm bāzeh wayyō’mar qāḥem-nā’ ’ēlay wa’ăḇārăḵēm

Gen 48:9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

wə‘ênê yiśərā’ēl kāḇəḏû mizzōqen lō’ yûḵal lirə’ôṯ wayyaggēš ’ōṯām ’ēlāyw wayyiššaq lāhem wayəḥabbēq lāhem

Gen 48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

wayyō’mer yiśərā’ēl ’el-yôsēp̱ rə’ōh p̱āneyḵā lō’ p̱illālətî wəhinnēh herə’āh ’ōṯî ’ĕlōhîm gam ’eṯ-zarə‘eḵā

Gen 48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

wayyôṣē’ yôsēp̱ ’ōṯām mē‘im birəkāyw wayyišətaḥû lə’appāyw ’ārəṣāh

Gen 48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

wayyiqqaḥ yôsēp̱ ’eṯ-šənêhem ’eṯ-’ep̱ərayim bîmînô miśśəmō’l yiśərā’ēl wə’eṯ-mənaššeh ḇiśəmō’lô mîmîn yiśərā’ēl wayyaggēš ’ēlāyw

Gen 48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

wayyišəlaḥ yiśərā’ēl ’eṯ-yəmînô wayyāšeṯ ‘al-rō’š ’ep̱ərayim wəhû’ haṣṣā‘îr wə’eṯ-śəmō’lô ‘al-rō’š mənaššeh śikkēl ’eṯ-yāḏāyw kî mənaššeh habbəḵôr

Gen 48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

wayəḇāreḵ ’eṯ-yôsēp̱ wayyō’mar hā’ĕlōhîm ’ăšer hiṯəhalləḵû ’ăḇōṯay ləp̱ānāyw ’aḇərāhām wəyiṣəḥāq hā’ĕlōhîm hārō‘eh ’ōṯî mē‘ôḏî ‘aḏ-hayyôm hazzeh

Gen 48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

hammalə’āḵ haggō’ēl ’ōṯî mikkāl-rā‘ yəḇārēḵ ’eṯ-hannə‘ārîm wəyiqqārē’ ḇāhem šəmî wəšēm ’ăḇōṯay ’aḇərāhām wəyiṣəḥāq wəyiḏəgû lārōḇ bəqereḇ hā’āreṣ

Gen 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

wayyarə’ yôsēp̱ kî-yāšîṯ ’āḇîw yaḏ-yəmînô ‘al-rō’š ’ep̱ərayim wayyēra‘ bə‘ênāyw wayyiṯəmōḵ yaḏ-’āḇîw ləhāsîr ’ōṯāhh mē‘al rō’š-’ep̱ərayim ‘al-rō’š mənaššeh

Gen 48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

wayyō’mer yôsēp̱ ’el-’āḇîw lō’-ḵēn ’āḇî kî-zeh habbəḵōr śîm yəmînəḵā ‘al-rō’šô

Gen 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

wayəmā’ēn ’āḇîw wayyō’mer yāḏa‘ətî ḇənî yāḏa‘ətî gam-hû’ yihəyeh-llə‘ām wəg̱am-hû’ yig̱ədāl wə’ûlām ’āḥîw haqqāṭōn yig̱ədal mimmennû wəzarə‘ô yihəyeh məlō’-haggôyim

Gen 48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

wayəḇārăḵēm bayyôm hahû’ lē’môr bəḵā yəḇārēḵ yiśərā’ēl lē’mōr yəśiməḵā ’ĕlōhîm kə’ep̱ərayim wəḵimənaššeh wayyāśem ’eṯ-’ep̱ərayim lip̱ənê mənaššeh

Gen 48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

wayyō’mer yiśərā’ēl ’el-yôsēp̱ hinnēh ’ānōḵî mēṯ wəhāyāh ’ĕlōhîm ‘immāḵem wəhēšîḇ ’eṯəḵem ’el-’ereṣ ’ăḇōṯêḵem

Gen 48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

wa’ănî nāṯattî ləḵā šəḵem ’aḥaḏ ‘al-’aḥeyḵā ’ăšer lāqaḥətî miyyaḏ hā’ĕmōrî bəḥarəbî ûḇəqašətî

Gen 48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Unless otherwise specified, all content on this website is licensed under a

Hosted by the "Targoum" Project (Françoise-Anne Ménager, Emmanuel Dyan, Marc-Alain Ouaknin) | Registered with

TanakhML is a non-profit, self-financing project

You can help it by making a donation