Genesis 45:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.”
Genesis 45:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 45:416 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶלʾelNear
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
גְּשׁוּgəšûBe
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
וַיִּגָּשׁוּwayigāšûAnd be
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲנִיʾănîI
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֲחִיכֶםʾăḥîḵemBrother
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
מְכַרְתֶּםməḵarətemSell
אֹתִיʾōtî—
מִצְרָיְמָהmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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