Genesis 47:24 — King James Version← Study notes
“And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”
Genesis 47:24 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 47:2416 words
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
בַּתְּבוּאֹתbatəvûʾōtIn income
וּנְתַתֶּםûnətatemAnd give
חֲמִישִׁיתḥămîšîtFifth
לְפַרְעֹהləp̄arəʿōhTo Paroh
וְאַרְבַּעwəʾarəbaʿAnd four
הַיָּדֹתhayādōtThe hand
יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְזֶרַעləzeraʿTo seed
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
וּלְאָכְלְכֶםûləʾāḵələḵemAnd to food
וְלַאֲשֶׁרwəlaʾăšerAnd to who
בְּבָתֵּיכֶםbəvātêḵemIn a house
וְלֶאֱכֹלwəleʾĕḵōlAnd to eat
לְטַפְּכֶםləṭapəḵemTo family
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