Genesis 48:5
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
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ASV
And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
KJV
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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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֡ה | ve.'a.Tah | and now | H6258 → |
| שְׁנֵֽי־ | she.nei- | [the] two | H8147 → |
| בָנֶיךָ֩ | va.nei.Kha | sons your | H1121 → |
| הַנּוֹלָדִ֨ים | ha.no.la.Dim | who were born | H3205 → |
| לְךָ֜ | le.Kha | to you | |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | be.'E.retz | in [the] land of | H776 → |
| מִצְרַ֗יִם | mitz.Ra.yim | Egypt | H4714 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | until | H5704 → |
| בֹּאִ֥י | bo.'I | came I | H935 → |
| אֵלֶ֛יךָ | 'e.Lei.kha | to you | H413 → |
| מִצְרַ֖יְמָה | mitz.Ray.mah | Egypt towards | H4714 → |
| לִי־ | li- | [belong] to me | |
| הֵ֑ם | Hem | they | H1992 → |
| אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ | 'ef.Ra.yim | Ephraim | H669 → |
| וּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה | u.me.na.Sheh | and Manasseh | H4519 → |
| כִּרְאוּבֵ֥ן | kir.'u.Ven | like Reuben | H7205 → |
| וְשִׁמְע֖וֹן | ve.shim.'on | and Simeon | H8095 → |
| יִֽהְיוּ־ | yih.yu- | they will be[long] | H1961 → |
| לִֽי׃ | Li | to me |
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