Genesis 48:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 48:5 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 →
וְעַתָּ֡ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
שְׁנֵֽי
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
בָנֶיךָ֩
bên
H1121
son
הַנּוֹלָדִ֨ים
yâlad
H3205
to bear
לְךָ֜
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
מִצְרַ֗יִם
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
עַד
ʻad
H5704
until
בֹּאִ֥י
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֵלֶ֛יךָ
ʼêl
H413
to
מִצְרַ֖יְמָה
Mitsrayim
H4714
Egypt
לִי
הֵ֑ם
hêm
H1992
they
אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙
ʼEphrayim
H669
Ephraim
וּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה
Mᵉnashsheh
H4519
Manasseh
כִּרְאוּבֵ֥ן
Rᵉʼûwbên
H7205
Reuben
וְשִׁמְע֖וֹן
Shimʻôwn
H8095
Simeon
יִֽהְיוּ
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לִֽי
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
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
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King James Version Public Domain
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And now, your two sons, who were born for you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they mine, Ephraim and Manasseh, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).