Genesis 45:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now you are commanded, do this: take carts out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives and bring your father and come.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֥ה צֻוֵּ֖יתָה זֹ֣את עֲשׂ֑וּ קְחוּ־לָכֶם֩ מֵאֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם עֲגָל֗וֹת לְטַפְּכֶם֙ וְלִנְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם וּנְשָׂאתֶ֥ם אֶת־אֲבִיכֶ֖ם וּבָאתֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾattāh ṣuwwêtāh zōʾt ʿăśû qeḥû-lākem mē-ʾereṣ miṣrayim ʿăgālôt lə-ṭappəkem wə-li-nəšêkem û-nəśāʾtem ʾet-ʾăbîkem û-bāʾtem

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾattāh*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - and you
• *ṣuwwêtāh*: verb, pual perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have been commanded
• *zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
• *ʿăśû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - do
• *qeḥû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine plural - take
• *lākem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for yourselves
• *mē-ʾereṣ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *ʿăgālôt*: noun, feminine plural - wagons/carts
• *lə-ṭappəkem*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for your little ones
• *wə-li-nəšêkem*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and for your wives
• *û-nəśāʾtem*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall carry
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʾăbîkem*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your father
• *û-bāʾtem*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you shall come

Word Meanings

• *ṭappəkem*: little ones/children/dependents
• *ʿăgālôt*: wagons/carts/carriages

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You are also instructed to do this: Take wagons from Egypt for your children and your wives, and bring your father and come.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And commaunded also. This do ye: take charettes with you out of the lande of Egipte for youre childern and for youre wyues: and brynge youre father and come.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he commaunded them, Do thus, Take you charettes out of ye lande of Egipte for youre children and wyues, and brynge youre father, and come,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I commaunde thee, Thus doe ye, take you charets out of the lande of Egypt for your children, and for your wiues, and bring your father and come.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou also shalt comaunde them this do ye: take charets with you out of the lande of Egypt for your chyldren, and for your wyues, and bryng your father, and come.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now you are commanded: do this. Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Yea, thou -- thou hast been commanded: this do ye, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt, waggons for your infants, and for your wives, and ye have brought your father, and come;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now you are commanded: do this. Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are also commanded to say,‘Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 46:5 : 5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
• Gen 45:27 : 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them; and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
• Gen 31:17-18 : 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the livestock that he had acquired in Padan Aram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
• Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen to me, O islands; and hear me, you people from afar; The LORD has called me from the womb; from my mother's body he has made mention of my name.
• Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed who wait for me.