Genesis 45:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.”
Genesis 45:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 45:515 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
אַלʾalNot
תֵּעָצְבוּtēʿāṣəvûCarve
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
בְּעֵינֵיכֶםbəʿênêḵemIn eye
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
מְכַרְתֶּםməḵarətemSell
אֹתִיʾōtî—
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לְמִחְיָהləmiḥəyāhTo preservation of life
שְׁלָחַנִיšəlāḥanîSend
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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