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Genesis 46:31 — King James Version← Study notes

And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;


Genesis 46:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:3120 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶלʾelNear
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
בֵּיתbêtA house
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
אֶעֱלֶהʾeʿĕlehAscend
וְאַגִּידָהwəʾagîdāhAnd front
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
וְאֹמְרָהwəʾōmərāhAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אַחַיʾaḥayBrother
וּבֵיתûvêtAnd a house
אָבִיʾāvîFather
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
בָּאוּbāʾûGo
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
אֶלʾelNear
אֶחָיוʾeḥāywBrother
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
בֵּיתbêtA house
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
אֶעֱלֶהʾeʿĕlehAscend
וְאַגִּידָהwəʾagîdāhAnd front
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
וְאֹמְרָהwəʾōmərāhAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
אַחַיʾaḥayBrother
וּבֵיתûvêtAnd a house
אָבִיʾāvîFather
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
בָּאוּbāʾûGo
אֵלָיʾēlāyNear

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