Genesis 46:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.”

Genesis 46:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:2812 words

וְאֶתwəʾet—

יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah

שָׁלַחšālaḥSend

לְפָנָיוləp̄ānāywTo face

אֶלʾelNear

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

לְהוֹרֹתləhwōrōtTo flow

לְפָנָיוləp̄ānāywTo face

גֹּשְׁנָהgōšənāhGoshen

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

גֹּשֶׁןgōšenGoshen

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah

שָׁלַחšālaḥSend

לְפָנָיוləp̄ānāywTo face

אֶלʾelNear

יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph

לְהוֹרֹתləhwōrōtTo flow

לְפָנָיוləp̄ānāywTo face

גֹּשְׁנָהgōšənāhGoshen

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

גֹּשֶׁןgōšenGoshen

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