KJV King James Version
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
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Genesis 46:20
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
WEB World English Bible
To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
ASV American Standard Version
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him) are Manasseh and Ephraim.
Surrounding context — Genesis 46
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls.
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls [were] fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּוָּלֵ֣דH3205 · ya.ladto begetלְיוֹסֵף֮H3130 · yo.sephJosephבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרַיִם֒H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichיָֽלְדָה־H3205 · ya.ladto begetלּוֹ֙H9033 · ohimאָֽסְנַ֔תH621 · a.se.natAsenathבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterפּ֥וֹטִיH6319 · po.ti phe.raPotipheraפֶ֖רַעH6319 · po.ti phe.raPotipheraכֹּהֵ֣ןH3548 · ko.henpriestאֹ֑ןH204 · onOnאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מְנַשֶּׁ֖הH4519 · me.nash.shehManassehוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֶפְרָֽיִם׃H669 · eph.ra.yimEphraim
Cross-references
Genesis 41:50-52And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.Genesis 41:45And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over [all] the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 33:13-17And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD [be] his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,Numbers 1:32-35Of the children of Joseph, [namely], of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;Genesis 48:4-5And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an everlasting possession.Numbers 26:28-37The sons of Joseph after their families [were] Manasseh and Ephraim.Genesis 48:20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.1 Chronicles 5:23-26And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.Genesis 48:13-14And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought [them] near unto him.1 Chronicles 7:14-29The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
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