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Genesis 47:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.


Genesis 47:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 47:118 words
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיַּגֵּדwayagēdAnd front
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְאַחַיwəʾaḥayAnd brother
וְצֹאנָםwəṣōʾnāmAnd flock
וּבְקָרָםûvəqārāmAnd beeve
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָהֶםlāhemTo
בָּאוּbāʾûGo
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
וְהִנָּםwəhināmAnd lo!
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
גֹּשֶׁןgōšenGoshen
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
יוֹסֵףywōsēp̄Joseph
וַיַּגֵּדwayagēdAnd front
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְאַחַיwəʾaḥayAnd brother
וְצֹאנָםwəṣōʾnāmAnd flock
וּבְקָרָםûvəqārāmAnd beeve
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָהֶםlāhemTo
בָּאוּbāʾûGo
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
וְהִנָּםwəhināmAnd lo!
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
גֹּשֶׁןgōšenGoshen

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