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Genesis 46:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.


Genesis 46:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:811 words
וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these
שְׁמוֹתšəmwōtAppellation
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
הַבָּאִיםhabāʾîmThe go
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וּבָנָיוûvānāywAnd son
בְּכֹרbəḵōrFirst-born
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these
שְׁמוֹתšəmwōtAppellation
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
הַבָּאִיםhabāʾîmThe go
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וּבָנָיוûvānāywAnd son
בְּכֹרbəḵōrFirst-born
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
רְאוּבֵןrəʾûvēnReuben

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