Genesis 48:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 48:4

2 And Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel¹ strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

3 Then Jacob said to Joseph: “God ^aAlmighty appeared to me at ^bLuz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will ^amake you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and ^bgive this land to your descendants after you ^cas an everlasting possession.’

5 And now your ^atwo sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

6 Your offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

7 But as for me, when I came from Padan, ^aRachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

8 Then Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”

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Interlinear Bible for Genesis 48:4:

And said
'amar (#559) unto
'el (#413) me, Behold,
hinneh (#2009) I will make thee fruitful,
parah (#6509) and multiply
rabah (#7235) thee, and I will make
nathan (#5414) of thee a multitude
qahal (#6951) of people;
`am (#5971) and will give
nathan (#5414)
'eth (#853) this
zo'th (#2063) land
'erets (#776) to thy seed
zera` (#2233) after
'achar (#310) thee for an everlasting
`owlam (#5769) possession.
'achuzzah (#272)

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