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Lexicon :: Strong's H251 - 'āḥ

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אָח
Transliteration
'āḥ
Pronunciation
awkh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
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TWOT Reference: 62a

Strong’s Definitions

אָח ʼâch, awkh; a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H1]):—another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 629x

The KJV translates Strong's H251 in the following manner: brethren (332x), brother (269x), another (23x), brotherly (1x), kindred (1x), like (1x), another (1x), other (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 629x
The KJV translates Strong's H251 in the following manner: brethren (332x), brother (269x), another (23x), brotherly (1x), kindred (1x), like (1x), another (1x), other (1x).

  1. brother

    1. brother of same parents

    2. half-brother (same father)

    3. relative, kinship, same tribe

    4. each to the other (reciprocal relationship)

    5. (fig.) of resemblance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָח ʼâch, awkh; a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H1]):—another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
STRONGS H251: Abbreviations
I. אָח 630 noun masculine brother (Phoenician אח, Arabic أَخ (construct أَخُو etc.), Sabean אחֿ (suffix אחֿיהו) CISiv. 1, 17 and 24 and others, Ethiopic እኀው፡ Assyrian aḫu compare DlW, Aramaic אַח, axoAf ; Palmyreme, Nabataean suffix אחוהי, אחיה); — absolute אָח Genesis 24:29 + (Ezekiel 18:10 strike out Co compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate; Ew Sm אַח; Dl BaEz x defends as＝one compare Assyrian aḫu) never with article; construct אֲחִי Genesis 10:21 +; suffix אָחִי Genesis 4:9 +; אָחִיךָ Genesis 4:9 +; אָחִיו Genesis 4:2 +; אָחִיהוּ Jeremiah 34:9 + 3 times etc.; plural אַחִים Genesis 13:8 +; so read Hosea 13:15 see DeCompl. Var. 23 compare below אָחוּ; construct אֲחֵי Numbers 27:10 +; suffix אַחַי Genesis 19:7 +; אֶחָ֑י 1 Samuel 20:29 + (but 1 Samuel 30:23 Greek Version of the LXX We אַחֲרֵי for אֶחָ֑י את); אַחֶיךָ Genesis 37:13 +; אֶחָיו Genesis 44:14 —
1. brother, born of same mother (& father) Genesis 4:2, 8, 9, 10, 11; Genesis 27:6, 11; Genesis 44:20; Genesis 49:5; compare Genesis 28:2; Genesis 29:10 (twice in verse) + Exodus 4:14 + often; also of half-brother Genesis 20:5, 13, 16 (on pa-rentage compare Genesis 20:12) Genesis 37:2, 4, 5 +, 2 Samuel 13:4, 7, 8 +.
2. indefinite＝relative; Lot, of Abraham Genesis 13:8; Genesis 14:12, 14, 16; Jacob, of Laban Genesis 29:12, 15 (nephew); hence of kinship in wider sense; member of same tribe Numbers 16:10; Numbers 18:2, 6; 2 Samuel 19:13; of same people Exodus 2:11 (twice in verse); Exodus 4:18; Deuteronomy 15:12; Judges 14:3; Isaiah 66:20; Nehemiah 5:1, 5, 8 see especially Leviticus 19:17 compare Leviticus 19:18 (extended to include sojourner גֵּר Leviticus 19:34); of Israel & Judah 2 Samuel 19:42; Israel & Edom Numbers 20:14; compare of Ishmael Genesis 16:12; Genesis 25:18; of friend 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Kings 9:13; 1 Kings 20:32, 33 of allies בְּרִית א׳ Amos 1:9.
3. figurative of resemblance Job 30:29 אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים (|| רֵעַ לִבְנוֺת יַעֲנָה i.e. by reason of his crying, compare Di; Proverbs 18:9 מַשְׁחִית לְבַעַל הוּא אָח בִּמְלַאכְתּוֺ מִתְרַפֶּה.
4. in phrase one... another אִישׁ אָחִיו Genesis 9:5; Joel 2:8; Ze Joel 7:10; אִישׁ ֗֗֗ אָחִיו Genesis 13:11 + 25 times + Exodus 32:27 (where also same phrase with רֵעֵהוּ & קְרֹבוֺ — see these words — & also אִישׁ, אֶחָד; for development of idiom compare Deuteronomy 15:2; Isaiah 19:2; Jeremiah 34:14 (compare Jeremiah 34:15) Jeremiah 34:17 Ezekiel 38:21; Haggai 2:22; usually of men; of faces of golden cherubim Exodus 25:20; Exodus 37:9; of scales of crocodile Job 41:9. (H254 אָח fire-pot)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:2; 4:2; 4:8; 4:9; 4:9; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 9:5; 10:21; 13:8; 13:8; 13:11; 14:12; 14:14; 14:16; 16:12; 19:7; 20:5; 20:12; 20:13; 20:16; 24:29; 25:18; 27:6; 27:11; 28:2; 29:10; 29:12; 29:15; 37:2; 37:4; 37:5; 37:13; 44:14; 44:20; 49:5

Exodus

2:11; 4:14; 4:18; 25:20; 32:27; 37:9

Leviticus

19:17; 19:18; 19:34

Numbers

16:10; 18:2; 18:6; 20:14; 27:10

Deuteronomy

15:2; 15:12

Judges

14:3

1 Samuel

20:29; 30:23

2 Samuel

1:26; 13:4; 13:7; 13:8; 19:13; 19:42

1 Kings

9:13; 20:32; 20:33

Nehemiah

5:1; 5:5; 5:8

Job

30:29; 41:9

Proverbs

18:9

Isaiah

19:2; 66:20

Jeremiah

34:9; 34:14; 34:15; 34:17

Ezekiel

18:10; 38:21

Hosea

13:15

Joel

2:8

Amos

1:9

Haggai

2:22

H251

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Strong's Number H251 matches the Hebrew אָח ('āḥ),
which occurs 630 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 12 (Gen 42:13–Gen 50:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - But they said, H559 “Your servants H5650 are twelve H8147 H6240 brothers H251 in all, the sons H1121 of one H259 man H376 in the land H776 of Canaan; H3667 and behold, H2009 the youngest H6996 is with our father H1 today, H3117 and one H259 is no H369 longer H369 alive.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - by this H2088 you will be tested: H974 by the life H2416 of Pharaoh, H6547 you shall not go H3318 from this H2088 place unless H3588 H518 your youngest H6996 brother H251 comes H935 here! H2008

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - “Send H7971 one H259 of you that he may get H3947 your brother, H251 while you remain confined, H631 that your words H1697 may be tested, H974 whether there is truth H571 in you. But if H518 not, by the life H2416 of Pharaoh, H6547 surely H3588 you are spies.” H7270

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - if H518 you are honest H3651 men, H3651 let one H259 of your brothers H251 be confined H631 in [fn]your prison; H1004 H4929 but as for the rest of you, go, H1980 carry H935 grain H7668 for the famine H7459 of your households, H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - and bring H935 your youngest H6996 brother H251 to me, so your words H1697 may be verified, H539 and you will not die.” H4191 And they did H6213 so. H3651

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Then they said H559 to one H376 another, H251 “Truly H61 we are guilty H818 concerning H5921 our brother, H251 because H834 we saw H7200 the distress H6869 of his soul H5315 when he pleaded H2603 with us, yet we would not listen; H8085 therefore H5921 H3651 this H2088 distress H6869 has come H935 upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:28 - Then he said H559 to his brothers, H251 “My money H3701 has been returned, H7725 and behold, H2009 it is even H1571 in my sack.” H572 And their hearts H3820 [fn]sank, H3318 and they turned [fn]trembling H2729 to one H376 another, H251 saying, H559 “What H4100 is this H2088 that God H430 has done H6213 to us?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - ‘We are twelve H8147 H6240 brothers, H251 sons H1121 of our father; H1 one H259 is no H369 longer H369 alive, and the youngest H6996 is with our father H1 today H3117 in the land H776 of Canaan.’ H3667

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - “The man, H376 the lord H113 of the land, H776 said H559 to us, ‘By this H2088 I will know H3045 that you are honest H3651 men: H3651 leave H5117 one H259 of your brothers H251 with me and take H3947 grain for the famine H7459 of your households, H1004 and go. H1980

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - ‘But bring H935 your youngest H6996 brother H251 to me that I may know H3045 that you are not spies, H7270 but [fn]honest H3651 men. H3651 I will give H5414 your brother H251 to you, and you may trade H5503 in the land.’” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But [fn]Jacob said, H559 “My son H1121 shall not go H3381 down H3381 with you; for his brother H251 is dead, H4191 and he alone H905 is left. H7604 If harm H611 should befall H7122 him on the journey H1870 [fn]you are taking, H1980 then you will bring H3381 my gray H7872 hair H7872 down H3381 to Sheol H7585 in sorrow.” H3015

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:3 - Judah H3063 spoke H559 to him, however, saying, H559 “The man H376 solemnly H5749 warned H5749 [fn]us, ‘You shall not see H7200 my face H6440 unless H1115 your brother H251 is with you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - “If H518 you send H7971 our brother H251 with us, we will go H3381 down H3381 and buy H7666 you food. H400

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:5 - “But if H518 you do not send H7971 him, we will not go H3381 down; H3381 for the man H376 said H559 to us, ‘You will not see H7200 my face H6440 unless H1115 your brother H251 is with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:6 - Then Israel H3478 said, H559 “Why H4100 did you treat H7489 me so badly H7489 [fn]by telling H5046 the man H376 whether you still H5750 had another brother?” H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:7 - But they said, H559 “The man H376 questioned H7592 particularly H7592 about us and our relatives, H4138 saying, H559 ‘Is your father H1 still H5750 alive? H2416 Have H3426 you another brother?’ H251 So we [fn]answered H5046 his questions. H1697 Could we possibly H3045 know H3045 that he would say, H559 ‘Bring H3381 your brother H251 down’?” H3381

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - “Take H3947 your brother H251 also, and arise, H6965 return H7725 to the man; H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - and may [fn]God H410 Almighty H7706 grant H5414 you compassion H7356 in the sight H6440 of the man, H376 so that he will release H7971 to you your other H312 brother H251 and Benjamin. H1144 And as for me, if H834 I am bereaved H7921 of my children, H7921 I am bereaved.” H7921

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - As he lifted H5375 his eyes H5869 and saw H7200 his brother H251 Benjamin, H1144 his mother’s H517 son, H1121 he said, H559 “Is this H2088 your youngest H6996 brother, H251 of whom H834 you spoke H559 to me?” And he said, H559 “May God H430 be gracious H2603 to you, my son.” H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - Joseph H3130 hurried H4116 out for [fn]he was deeply H7356 stirred H3648 over H413 his brother, H251 and he sought H1245 a place to weep; H1058 and he entered H935 his chamber H2315 and wept H1058 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14 - When Judah H3063 and his brothers H251 came H935 to Joseph’s H3130 house, H1004 he was still H5750 there, H8033 and they fell H5307 to the ground H776 before H6440 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - “My lord H113 asked H7592 his servants, H5650 saying, H559 ‘Have H3426 you a father H1 or H176 a brother?’ H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - “We said H559 to my lord, H113 ‘We have H3426 an old H2205 father H1 and a little H6996 child H3206 of his old H2208 age. H2208 Now his brother H251 is dead, H4191 so he alone H905 is left H3498 of his mother, H517 and his father H1 loves H157 him.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - “You said H559 to your servants, H5650 however, ‘Unless H518 H3808 your youngest H6996 brother H251 comes H3381 down H3381 with you, you will not see H7200 my face H6440 again.’ H3254

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - “But we said, H559 ‘We cannot H3201 H3808 go H3381 down. H3381 If H518 our youngest H6996 brother H251 is with us, then we will go H3381 down; H3381 for we cannot H3201 H3808 see H7200 the man’s H376 face H6440 unless H369 our youngest H6996 brother H251 is with us.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - “Now, H6258 therefore, please H4994 let your servant H5650 remain H3427 instead H8478 of the lad H5288 a slave H5650 to my lord, H113 and let the lad H5288 go H5927 up with his brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:1 - Then Joseph H3130 could H3201 not control H662 himself before all H3605 those who stood H5324 by him, and he cried, H7121 “Have everyone H3605 go H3318 out from me.” So there [fn]was no H3808 man H376 with him when Joseph H3130 made H3045 himself known H3045 to his brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - Then Joseph H3130 said H559 to his brothers, H251 “I am Joseph! H3130 Is my father H1 still H5750 alive?” H2416 But his brothers H251 could H3201 not answer H6030 him, for they were dismayed H926 at his presence. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - Then Joseph H3130 said H559 to his brothers, H251 “Please H4994 come H5066 [fn]closer H5066 to me.” And they came H5066 [fn]closer. H5066 And he said, H559 “I am your brother H251 Joseph, H3130 whom H834 you sold H4376 into Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - “Behold, H2009 your eyes H5869 see, H7200 and the eyes H5869 of my brother H251 Benjamin H1144 see, that it is my mouth H6310 which is speaking H1696 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - Then he fell H5307 on his brother H251 Benjamin’s H1144 neck H6677 and wept, H1058 and Benjamin H1144 wept H1058 on his neck. H6677

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - He kissed H5401 all H3605 his brothers H251 and wept H1058 on them, and afterward H310 H3651 his brothers H251 talked H1696 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 - Now when the [fn]news H6963 was heard H8085 in Pharaoh’s H6547 house H1004 [fn]that Joseph’s H3130 brothers H251 had come, H935 it [fn]pleased H3190 H5869 Pharaoh H6547 and his servants. H5650

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17 - Then Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to Joseph, H3130 “Say H559 to your brothers, H251 ‘Do H6213 this: H2088 load H2943 your beasts H1165 and [fn]go H1980 H935 to the land H776 of Canaan, H3667

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 - So he sent H7971 his brothers H251 away, H7971 and [fn]as they departed, H1980 he said H559 to them, “Do not [fn]quarrel H7264 on the journey.” H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - Joseph H3130 said H559 to his brothers H251 and to his father’s H1 household, H1004 “I will go H5927 up and tell H5046 Pharaoh, H6547 and will say H559 to him, ‘My brothers H251 and my father’s H1 household, H1004 who H834 were in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 have come H935 to me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - Then Joseph H3130 went H935 in and told H5046 Pharaoh, H6547 and said, H559 “My father H1 and my brothers H251 and their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 and all H3605 that they have, have come H935 out of the land H776 of Canaan; H3667 and behold, H2009 they are in the land H776 of Goshen.” H1657

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - He took H3947 five H2568 men H376 from among H7097 his brothers H251 and presented H3322 H6440 them to Pharaoh. H6547

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - Then Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to his brothers, H251 “What H4100 is your occupation?” H4639 So they said H559 to Pharaoh, H6547 “Your servants H5650 are shepherds, H7462 both H1571 we and our fathers.” H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to [fn]Joseph, H3130 “Your father H1 and your brothers H251 have come H935 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - “The land H776 of Egypt H4714 is [fn]at your disposal; H6440 [fn]settle H3427 your father H1 and your brothers H251 in the best H4315 of the land, H776 let them [fn]live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen; H1657 and if H518 you know H3045 any H3426 capable H2428 men H376 among them, then [fn]put H7760 them in charge H8269 of my livestock.” H4735

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - So Joseph H3130 [fn]settled H3427 his father H1 and his brothers H251 and gave H5414 them a possession H272 in the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 in the best H4315 of the land, H776 in the land H776 of Rameses, H7486 as Pharaoh H6547 had ordered. H6680

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - Joseph H3130 provided H3557 his father H1 and his brothers H251 and all H3605 his father’s H1 household H1004 with [fn]food, H3899 according H6310 to their little H2945 ones. H2945

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 - “But your offspring H4138 that [fn]have been born H3205 after H310 them shall be yours; they shall be called H7121 by the [fn]names H8034 of their brothers H251 in their inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father H1 refused H3985 and said, H559 “I know, H3045 my son, H1121 I know; H3045 he also H1571 will become H1961 a people H5971 and he also H1571 will be great. H1431 However, H199 his younger H6996 brother H251 shall be greater H1431 than H4480 he, and his [fn]descendants H2233 shall become H1961 a [fn]multitude H4393 of nations.” H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - “I give H5414 you one H259 [fn]portion H7926 more H5921 than H5921 your brothers, H251 which H834 I took H3947 from the hand H3027 of the Amorite H567 with my sword H2719 and my bow.” H7198

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 are brothers; H251
Their swords H4380 are implements H3627 of violence. H2555

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - “Judah, H3063 your brothers H251 shall praise H3034 you;
Your hand H3027 shall be on the neck H6203 of your enemies; H340
Your father’s H1 sons H1121 shall bow H7812 down H7812 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - “The blessings H1293 of your father H1
Have surpassed H1396 the blessings H1293 of my ancestors H2029
Up to the [fn]utmost H8379 bound H8379 of the everlasting H5769 hills; H1389
May they be on the head H7218 of Joseph, H3130
And on the crown H6936 of the head H6936 of the one H5139 distinguished H5139 among his brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - and all H3605 the household H1004 of Joseph H3130 and his brothers H251 and his father’s H1 household; H1004 they left H5800 only H7534 their little H2945 ones H2945 and their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 in the land H776 of Goshen. H1657

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