Genesis 46:20

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And vnto Ioseph in the lode of Egipte were borne: Manasses and Ephraim which Asnath the doughter of Potiphera preast 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 were borne.ij. sonnes before the yeres of hunger came which Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On bare vnto him. 51 And he called the name of the first sonne Manasse for God (sayde he) hath made me forgett all my laboure and all my fathers husholde. 52 The seconde called he Ephraim for God (sayde he) hath caused me to growe in the lande of my trouble.
• Gen 41:45 : 45 And be called Iosephs name Zaphnath Paenea. And he gaue him to wyfe Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On. Than went Ioseph abrode in the lade of Egipte.
• Gen 48:4-5 : 4 and sayde vnto me: beholde I will make the growe and will multiplye the and will make a great nombre of people of the and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after ye vnto an euerlastinge possession. 5 Now therfore thy.ij. sones Manasses ad Ephraim which were borne vnto the before I came to the in to Egipte shalbe myne: euen as Ruben and Simeo shall they be vnto me.
• Gen 48:13-14 : 13 Than toke Ioseph them both: Ephraim in his ryghte hande towarde Israels left hande ad Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels ryghte hande and brought them vnto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his righte hande and layde it apon Ephraims head which was the yonger and his lyft hade apon Manasses heed crossinge his handes for manasses was the elder.
• Gen 48:20 : 20 And he blessed them sainge. At the ensample of these the Israelites shall blesse and saye: God make the as Ephraim and as Manasses. Thus sett he Ephraim before Manasses.
• Num 1:32-35 : 32 Amonge the childern of Ioseph: fyrst amoge the childern of Ephraim: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of theyre fathers (when the names of all that were apte to the warre were tolde) from.xx. yeres and aboue: 33 were in numbre in the trybe off Ephraim xl. thousande and syxe hundred. 34 Amonge the childern of Manasse: their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (when the names of all yt were apte to warre 35 were tolde) from.xx. and aboue were numbred in the tribe of Manasse.xxxij thousand and two hundred.
• Num 26:28-37 : 28 The childern of Ioseph in their kinredes were: Manasse ad Ephraim. 29 The childern of Manasse: Machir of whom cometh the kynred of the Machirites. And Machir begat Gilcad of whom cometh the kinred off the Gileadites. 30 And these are the childern of Gilead: Hieser of whom cometh the kynred of the Hieserites: and of Helech cometh the kynred of the Helechites: 31 and of Asriel ye kinred of the Asrielites: and of Sichem cometh the kinred of the Sichimites: 32 and of Simida cometh the kinred of the Simidites: and of Hepher cometh the kinred of the Hepherites. 33 And Zelaphead the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes but doughters And ye names of ye doughters of Zelaphead were: Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha ad Thirza. 34 These are the kinredes of Manasse in numbre lij. thousande and seuen hundred. 35 These are the childern of Ephraim in their kinredes: Suthelah of whom cometh the kinred of the Suthelahites: and Becher of whom cometh the kinred of the Becherites: and of Thaha cometh the kynred of the Thahanites. 36 And these are the childern of Suthelah: Eran of whom cometh the kynred of the Eranites. 37 These are the kynredes of the childern of Ephraim in numbre.xxxij. thousande and v. hundred. And these are the childern of Ioseph in their kinredes.
• Deut 33:13-17 : 13 And vnto Ioseph he sayed: blessed of the Lorde is his londe with the goodly frutes off heauen, with dewe and with sprynges that lye beneth: 14 and with frutes of the encrease of the sonne and with rype frute off the monethes, 15 and with the toppes of mountaynes that were from the begynnynge and with the dayntes of hilles that last euer 16 and with goodly frute of the erth and off the fulnesse there of. And the good will of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come vppon the heed of Ioseph and vppon the toppe of the heed of him that was separated fro amonge his brethern 17 his bewtye is as a firstborne oxe and his hornes as the hornes of an vnycorne. And with them he shall push the nacions to gether, euen vnto the endes of the worlde. These are the many thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes off Manasse.