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And Iוַאֲנִיhave givenנָתַתִּיyouלְךָoneאַחַדportionשְׁכֶםmore thanעַלyour brothers,אַחֶיךָwhichאֲשֶׁרI tookלָקַחְתִּיfrom the handמִיַּדof the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִיwith my swordבְּחַרְבִּיand with my bow.”וּבְקַשְׁתִּי
Genesis 48:22
Study it in the app“And I have given you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 48:22, word by word
- have givenנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- portionשְׁכֶםshechem
portion
An extra piece of land.
Where else “shechem” appears- your brothersאַחֶיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- I tookלָקַחְתִּיlakachti
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lakachti” appears- from the handיַּדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- with my swordחַרְבִּcharbi
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charbi” appears- and with my bowקַשְׁתִּkashti
bow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kashti” appears
Translation note
“Portion” is in Hebrew shechem, “shoulder, slope,” and also the name of the city of Shechem (compare Joshua 24:32).
The context
21Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but Elohim will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
22 · This verse (above)
To study Genesis 48 in a group
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?