Genesis 46:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And vnto Ioseph in ye land of Egipte were borne Manasses and Ephraim, whom Asnath the doughter of Potiphar prest of On bare vnto him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּוָּלֵ֣ד לְיוֹסֵף֮ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ֙ אָֽסְנַ֔ת בַּת־פּ֥וֹטִי פֶ֖רַע כֹּהֵ֣ן אֹ֑ן אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וְאֶת־אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And wayyiwwālēḏ to-Yôsēp̄ in-land-of Miṣrayim, whom yālĕḏâ-to-him ʾĀsĕnat daughter-of-Pôṭî Peraʿ kōhēn ʾŌn, ʾet-Mĕnaššeh and-ʾet-ʾEp̄rāyim.

Grammar Details

• *wayyiwwālēḏ*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and was born'
• *Yôsēp̄*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Joseph'
• *Miṣrayim*: proper noun, place name - 'Egypt'
• *yālĕḏâ*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'she bore'
• *ʾĀsĕnat*: proper noun, feminine singular - 'Asenath'
• *Pôṭî Peraʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Potiphera'
• *kōhēn*: common noun, masculine singular construct - 'priest of'
• *ʾŌn*: proper noun, place name - 'On'
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Mĕnaššeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Manasseh'
• *ʾEp̄rāyim*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Ephraim'

Word Meanings

• *wayyiwwālēḏ*: were born/there were born
• *yālĕḏâ*: she bore/she gave birth to
• *kōhēn*: priest/minister

Referenced Verses

• Gen 41:50-52 : 50 And vnto Ioseph there were borne two sonnes (before ye derth came) whom Asnath the doughter of Potiphar prest of On bare vnto him. 51 And the first called he Manasses: for God (sayde he) hath caused me to forget all my laboure, and all my fathers house. 52 The seconde called he Ephraim: for God (sayde he) hath caused me to growe in ye lande of my trouble.
• Gen 41:45 : 45 And he called him Zaphnath Paena, & gaue him a wife, euen Asnath the doughter of Potiphar the prest of On. So Ioseph wente out, for to vyset the lande of Egipte.
• Gen 48:4-5 : 4 & saide vnto me: Beholde, I wil cause ye to growe & increase & wyll make a multitude of people of ye, & wil geue this lade vnto yi sede after ye for an euerlastinge possession. 5 Therfore shal now thy two sonnes Manasses & Ephraim (which were borne vnto the in Egipte, before I came hither vnto the) be myne, like as Ruben & Simeon.
• Gen 48:13-14 : 13 Then Ioseph toke them both, Ephraim in his right hande towarde Israels left hade, and Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels right hade, & brought the vnto him. 14 But Israel stretched out his right hande, & layed it vpo ye heade of Ephraim ye yogest & his left hande vpo Manasses heade, & did so wyttingly wt his handes, for Manasses was ye firstborne.
• Gen 48:20 : 20 So he blessed them the same daye & saide: In ye shal Israel blesse, so yt it shal be sayde: God set the as Ephraim & Manasses. And so he set Ephraim aboue Manasses.
• Num 1:32-35 : 32 Iosephs children of Ephraim, their kynreds & generacions after their fathers houses in ye nombre of the names, from twetye yeare and aboue, 33 all yt were able to go forth to ye warre, were nobred to the trybe of Ephraim, fourtye thousande & fyue hundreth. 34 The children of Manasse their kynreds & generacions, after their fathers houses in ye nombre of the names from twentye yeare & aboue, all yt were able to go forth to the warre, 35 were nombred to the trybe of Manasse, two & thirtie thousande & two hundreth.
• Num 26:28-37 : 28 The children of Ioseph in their kynreds were, Manasses & Ephraim. 29 The childre of Manasse were, Machir: of whom commeth the kynred of the Machirites. And Machir begat Gilead: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Gileadites. 30 And these are ye childre of Gilead, Hieser: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Hieserites. Helech: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Helechites. 31 Asriel: of whom commeth the kynred of the Asrielites. Siche: of whom cometh the kynred of ye Sichemites. 32 Simida: of who cometh ye kynred of ye Simidites. Hepher: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Hepherites. 33 And Zelaphead was ye sonne of Hepher, & had no sonnes, but doughters, whose names were: Mahela, Noa, Hagla, Milca and Thyrza. 34 These are the kynreds of Manasse, in their nombre, two and fiftye thousande and seuen hundreth. 35 The childre of Ephraim in their kynreds were, Suthelah: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Suthelahites. Becher: of whom cometh ye kynred of the Becherites. Thahan: of whom cometh the kynred of the Thahanites. 36 The childre of Suthelah were, Eran: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Eranites. 37 These are ye kynreds of the childre of Ephraim, in their nombre, two and thirtie thousande and fyue hundreth. These are the childre of Ioseph in their kynreds.
• Deut 33:13-17 : 13 And to Ioseph he sayde: His londe lieth in the blessynge of the LORDE, there are noble frutes of heauen, of the dew, and of the depe that lyeth beneth: 14 There are noble frutes of the increase of the Sonne, and noble rype frutes of ye monethes: 15 And of ye toppes of the mountaynes of olde, and of the hilles allwaye, 16 and of the noble frutes of ye earth, and of the fulnesse therof. The good will of him that dwelleth in the busshe, come vpon the heade of Ioseph, and vpon ye toppe of his heade that was separated fro amonge his brethren. 17 His bewtye is as a firstborne oxe, and his hornes are as ye hornes of an Vnicorne: with the same shal he pusshe the nacions together, euen vnto the endes of the worlde. These are the thousandes of Ephraim, and the thousandes of Manasse.
• 1 Chr 5:23-26 : 23 The childre of the halfe trybe of Manasses dwelt in ye londe from Basan forth vntyll Baal Hermon & Seuir, and mount Hermon: 24 for they were many. And these were ye heades of the house of their fathers, Epher, Iesei, Eliel, Asriel, Ieremia, Hodaneia, Iahdiel, mightie valeaunt men, & awncient heades in the house of their fathers. 25 And wha they synned agaynst ye God of their fathers, and wente awhorynge after the goddes of the people of the londe, (whom God had destroyed before them) 26 the God of Israel stered vp the sprete of Phul the kynge of Assiria, and the sprete of Teglatphalassar the kynge of Assiria, and led awaye the Rubenites, Gaddites, and ye halfe trybe of Manasses, and broughte the vn Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the water of Gosan vnto this daye.
• 1 Chr 7:14-29 : 14 The children of Manasses are these: Esriel, whom his concubyne Aramiel dyd beare. But (first) begat he Machir the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir gaue wyues vnto Hupim & Supim, & their sisters name was Maecha. His secode sonnes name was Zelaphehad. And Zelaphehad had doughters. 16 And Maecha ye wife of Machir bare a sonne whose name was Phares, & his brothers name was Sares, and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem. 17 Vlams sonne was Bedam. These are the children of Gilead ye sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasses. 18 And his sister Molecheth bare Ishud, Abieser and Mahela. 19 And Semida had these children: Ahean, Sichem, Likhi and Aniam. 20 The children of Ephraim were these: Suthelah, whose sonne was Bered, whose sonne was Thahath, whose sonne was Eleada, whose sonne was Thahath, 21 whose sonne was Sabad, whose sonne was Suthelah, whose sonne was Eser and Elead. And the men of Gath, that dwelt in the londe, slewe them, because they were gone downe to take their catell. 22 And their father Ephraim mourned for them a longe season, and his brethren came to comforte him. 23 And he wente in to his wife, which conceaued, and bare a sonne, whom he called Bria, because of the aduersite that was in his house. 24 His doughter was Seera, which builded the lower and vpper Bethoron, & Vsen Serea. 25 Whose sonne was Rephad & Reseph, whose sonne was Thelah, whose sonne was Thahan, 26 whose sonne was Laedan, whose sonne was Ammihud, whose sonne was Elisama, 27 whose sonne was Nun, whose sonne was Iosua. 28 And their substaunce & dwellynge was, Bethel and the vyllages therof, and towarde the East syde of Naeran, and towarde the westparte of Geser and ye vyllages therof. Sechem and hir vyllages vnto Aia and hir vyllages. 29 And by the children of Manasses, Bethsean and ye vyllages therof, Thaenach and the vyllages therof, Dor and the vyllages therof. In these dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel.