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Genesis 45:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.


Genesis 45:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 45:711 words
וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִיwayišəlāḥēnîAnd send
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face
לָשׂוּםlāśûmTo put
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
שְׁאֵרִיתšəʾērîtRemainder
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
וּלְהַחֲיוֹתûləhaḥăywōtAnd to live
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לִפְלֵיטָהlip̄əlêṭāhTo deliverance
גְּדֹלָהgədōlāhGreat
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִיwayišəlāḥēnîAnd send
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face
לָשׂוּםlāśûmTo put
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
שְׁאֵרִיתšəʾērîtRemainder
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
וּלְהַחֲיוֹתûləhaḥăywōtAnd to live
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לִפְלֵיטָהlip̄əlêṭāhTo deliverance
גְּדֹלָהgədōlāhGreat

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