Genesis 49:15 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 49:15 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 →
וַיַּ֤רְא
râʼâh
H7200
to see
מְנֻחָה֙
mᵉnûwchâh
H4496
rest
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
ט֔וֹב
ṭôwb
H2896
good
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָאָ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
נָעֵ֑מָה
nâʻêm
H5276
to be pleasant
וַיֵּ֤ט
nâṭâh
H5186
to stretch out
שִׁכְמוֹ֙
shᵉkem
H7926
shoulder
לִסְבֹּ֔ל
çâbal
H5445
to bear
וַיְהִ֖י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לְמַס
maç
H4522
forced labor
עֹבֵֽד
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
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
He saw a resting-place, that it was good, The land, that it was pleasant; He bows his shoulder to the burden, And becomes a servant doing forced labor.
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King James Version Public Domain
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he sees resting place that good and the land that it is pleasant. Then he will bend his shoulder to bear, and he will be a forced labor servant. ts\*
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).