The Meaning of Genesis 48:6 Explained

Genesis 48:6

KJV: And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

YLT: and thy family which thou hast begotten after them are thine; by the name of their brethren they are called in their inheritance.

Darby: And thy family which thou hast begotten after them shall be thine: they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

ASV: And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And thy issue,  which thou begettest  after  them, shall be thine, [and] shall be called  after  the name  of their brethren  in their inheritance. 

What does Genesis 48:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 48:1-7 - Joseph Visits His Dying Father
How inexorable is the must of death! For many years Jacob had exceeded the ordinary span of human life, and now, like the last apple on the tree, he must be gathered. For seventeen years he had been familiar with Egypt's splendid temples, obelisks and pyramids; he had been surrounded with all the comforts that filial love could devise; but nothing could make him forget that distant cave in the land of Canaan. In his judgment Egypt's most splendid pyramid was not to be compared with that humble sepulcher where the mortal remains of Abraham and Sarah, of Isaac and Rebekah, and of the faithful Leah awaited his. On Joseph's second visit he was weaker, and with an effort nerved himself for the interview. The angel-ladder and Rachel's death stood prominently out before the dying eyes. When he returned from this pathetic reverie he turned to the two boys who stood awestruck beside him and adopted them, for their beloved father's sake. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 48

1  Joseph with his sons visits his sick father
2  Jacob strengthens himself to bless them
3  He repeats God's promise
5  He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons
7  He tells Joseph of his mother's grave
8  He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
17  He prefers the younger before the elder
21  He prophesies their return to Canaan

What do the individual words in Genesis 48:6 mean?

And Your offspring whom you beget after them yours shall be By the name of their brothers they will be called in their inheritance
וּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛ אֲשֶׁר־ הוֹלַ֥דְתָּ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם לְךָ֣ יִהְי֑וּ עַ֣ל שֵׁ֧ם אֲחֵיהֶ֛ם יִקָּרְא֖וּ בְּנַחֲלָתָֽם

וּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛  And  Your  offspring 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מֹולֶדֶת  
Sense: kindred, birth, offspring, relatives.
אֲשֶׁר־  whom 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
הוֹלַ֥דְתָּ  you  beget 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם  after  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
לְךָ֣  yours 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
יִהְי֑וּ  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
שֵׁ֧ם  the  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
אֲחֵיהֶ֛ם  of  their  brothers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
יִקָּרְא֖וּ  they  will  be  called 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
בְּנַחֲלָתָֽם  in  their  inheritance 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.

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