Genesis 45:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 45:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 45:818 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
לֹאlōʾNot
אַתֶּםʾatemThou
שְׁלַחְתֶּםšəlaḥətemSend
אֹתִיʾōtî—
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
וַיְשִׂימֵנִיwayəśîmēnîAnd put
לְאָבləʾāvTo father
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
וּלְאָדוֹןûləʾādwōnAnd to sovereign
לְכָלləḵālTo whole
בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house
וּמֹשֵׁלûmōšēlAnd rule
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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