Genesis 48:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 48:9 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 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יוֹסֵף֙
Yôwçêph
H3130
Joseph
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אָבִ֔יו
ʼâb
H1
father
בָּנַ֣י
bên
H1121
son
הֵ֔ם
hêm
H1992
they
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
נָֽתַן
nâthan
H5414
to give
לִ֥י
אֱלֹהִ֖ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
בָּזֶ֑ה
zeh
H2088
this
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
קָֽחֶם
lâqach
H3947
to take
נָ֥א
nâʼ
H4994
please
אֵלַ֖י
ʼêl
H413
to
וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם
bârak
H1288
to bless
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
Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." He said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."
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King James Version Public Domain
And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Joseph said to his father, “They my sons whom God has given to me in this.” Then he said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).