Genesis 48:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 48:7 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 →
וַאֲנִ֣י
ʼănîy
H589
I
בְּבֹאִ֣י
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
מִפַּדָּ֗ן
Paddân
H6307
Padan-aram
מֵ֩תָה֩
mûwth
H4191
to die
עָלַ֨י
ʻal
H5921
upon
רָחֵ֜ל
Râchêl
H7354
Rachel
בְּאֶ֤רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
כְּנַ֨עַן֙
Kᵉnaʻan
H3667
Canaan
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
בְּע֥וֹד
ʻôwd
H5750
still
כִּבְרַת
kibrâh
H3530
distance
אֶ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
לָבֹ֣א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶפְרָ֑תָה
ʼEphrâth
H672
Ephrath
וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָ
qâbar
H6912
to bury
שָּׁם֙
shâm
H8033
there
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ
derek
H1870
way
אֶפְרָ֔ת
ʼEphrâth
H672
Ephrath
הִ֖וא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
בֵּ֥ית
Bêyth Lechem
H1035
Bethlehem
לָֽחֶם
Bêyth Lechem
H1035
Bethlehem
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
As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem)."
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King James Version Public Domain
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And I, as I was coming from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, while still a distance of land to go to Ephrath. And I buried her there beside the road of Ephrath, which Bethlehem.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).