Genesis 48:9 KJV

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

Thou and Ye

  • thee one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Jacob blesses Joseph's sonsThe two good men own God in their comforts. Joseph says, They are my sons whom God has given me. Jacob says, God hath showed me thy seed. Comforts are doubly...

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Parallel Passages

  • Genesis 27:4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Genesis 27:4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
  • Genesis 33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
  • Hebrews 11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
  • Genesis 27:28–29 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: …
  • Genesis 27:34–40 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. …

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  • JosephRemover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen 30:23, Gen 30:24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said,...
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And Joseph יוֹסֵף yôsēp יוֹסֵף Proper name
  • said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • unto his father אֶל ʾel Preposition אָבִיו ʾābîw אָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • They are my sons בָּנַי bānay בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular הֵם hēm Pronoun · third person masculine plural
  • whom God לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular אֱלֹהִים ʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural
  • hath given אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative נָתַן nātan נָתַן Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • me in this place. And he said בָּזֶה bāzê Pronoun · with preposition וַיֹּאמַר wayyōʾmar אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • Bring them קָחֶם qāḥem לָקַח Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless נָא nāʾ Exhortation אֵלַי ʾēlay Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular וַאֲבָרֲכֵם waʾăbārăkēm בָרַךְ Verb · piel imperfect, first person common singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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