Study it in the app“But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he too will become a people, and he too will be great; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become the fullness of the nations.””
But his fatherוַ אָבִיוrefusedיְמָאֵןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I know,יָדַעְתִּיmy son,בְנִיI know;יָדַעְתִּיheהוּאtooגַּםwill becomeיִהְיֶהa people,לְּעָםand heוְ הוּאtooגַםwill be great;יִגְדָּלbutוְאוּלָםhis youngerהַקָּטֹןbrotherאָחִיוwill be greaterיִגְדַּלthan he,מִמֶּנּוּand his offspringוְזַרְעוֹwill becomeיִהְיֶהthe fullnessמְלֹאof the nations.”הַגּוֹיִם
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsrefuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “yemaen” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yihye” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appearsmake great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “yigdal” appearsbut, however
But, however; yet, on the contrary.
Where else “ulam” appearsyoungest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katon” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zar” appearsfullness
Everything that is in something: the sea and all that fills it, the earth and its fullness.
Where else “melo” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
19 · This verse (above)
20He blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May Elohim make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
1. What it says
Whom did Jacob bless, and what did he do with his hands (vv. 13-20)?
2. What it means
Why was Joseph displeased when he saw Jacob’s hands, and how did his father answer (vv. 17-19)?
3. How I live it
How can you bless with your words the children or young people around you?
