Genesis 45:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 45:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְעַתָּ֗ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
אַתֶּ֞ם
ʼattâh
H859
you
שְׁלַחְתֶּ֤ם
shâlach
H7971
to send
אֹתִי֙
ʼêth
H853
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הֵ֔נָּה
hênnâh
H2008
here
כִּ֖י
kîy
H3588
that
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
וַיְשִׂימֵ֨נִֽי
sûwm
H7760
to put
לְאָ֜ב
ʼâb
H1
father
לְפַרְעֹ֗ה
Parʻôh
H6547
Pharaoh
וּלְאָדוֹן֙
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
לְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
בֵּית֔וֹ
bayith
H1004
house
וּמֹשֵׁ֖ל
mâshal
H4910
to rule
בְּכָל
kôl
H3605
all
אֶ֥רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
מִצְרָֽיִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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King James Version Public Domain
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So now, not you sent me here, but God. And he has made me father to Pharaoh, and lord over all his house and the ruler in all the land of Egypt.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).