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But the childrenוּמוֹלַדְתְּךָwhomאֲשֶׁרyou have fatheredהוֹלַדְתָּafter themאַחֲרֵיהֶםwill beיִהְיוּyours;לְךָby the nameעַל שֵׁםof their brothersאֲחֵיהֶםthey will be calledיִקָּרְאוּin their inheritance.בְּנַחֲלָתָם
Genesis 48:6
Study it in the app“But the children whom you have fathered after them will be yours; by the name of their brothers they will be called in their inheritance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 48:6, word by word
- But the childrenמוֹלַדְתְּmoladt
offspring
One's offspring.
Where else “moladt” appears- you have fatheredהוֹלַדְתָּholadta
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holadta” appears- will beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- by the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of their brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- they will be calledיִקָּרְאוּyikaru
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikaru” appears- in their inheritanceנַחֲלָתָnachalata
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalata” appears
The context
5And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, like Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
6 · This verse (above)
7As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died on me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is Bethlehem.”
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?