Genesis 41:50

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְיוֹסֵ֤ף יֻלַּד֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּב֖וֹא שְׁנַ֣ת הָרָעָ֑ב אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ֙ אָֽסְנַ֔ת בַּת־פּ֥וֹטִי‪[c]‬ פֶ֖רַע כֹּהֵ֥ן אֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

û-ləyôsēp̄ yullad šənê ḇānîm bəṭerem tāḇôʾ šənat hārāʿāḇ ʾăšer yāldāh-lô ʾāsnat bat-pôṭî p̄eraʿ kōhēn ʾôn

Grammar Details

*û-ləyôsēp̄*: conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and to Joseph
*yullad*: pual perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was born
*šənê*: noun dual construct - two of
*ḇānîm*: noun masculine plural - sons
*bəṭerem*: preposition + adverb - before
*tāḇôʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - would come
*šənat*: noun feminine singular construct - year of
*hārāʿāḇ*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the famine
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom
*yāldāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she bore
*lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him/for him
*ʾāsnat*: proper noun (feminine) - Asenath
*bat*: noun feminine singular construct - daughter of
*pôṭî p̄eraʿ*: proper noun - Potiphera
*kōhēn*: noun masculine singular construct - priest of
*ʾôn*: proper noun - On (Heliopolis)

Word Meanings

*bəṭerem tāḇôʾ*: before came/before the arrival of
*yāldāh-lô*: bore to him/gave birth for him
*kōhēn*: priest/official

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 46:20 : 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.
Gen 48:5 : 5 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.
2 Sam 8:18 : 18 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
Gen 41:45 : 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 46:19-20
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Gen 41:45-46
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45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
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5And 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.
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28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Gen 35:24
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Gen 50:8
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