OET interlinear GEN 48:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

וַ⁠אֲנִ֣י

and,I

Here the author is providing background information to help readers understand what happens next in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture. Jacob is probably explaining in that since his favorite wife Rachel died with only two sons, that is why he is treating her son Joseph’s two sons as his own sons ([verses 5–6](../48/05.md)). Alternate translation: [I want it this way because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠בֹאִ֣⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I when,came,I from,Paddan died on,me Rāḩēl in=land Kənaˊan on,journey at,yet distance_of earth/land to,go ʼEfrāt and,I,buried_her there on,the_journey_of ʼEfrāt who/which house_of -leḩem )

Jacob is in focus here, but he was traveling with his family, not alone. Decide whether or not it is necessary to make that explicit in your translation. Alternate translation: [as I and our family were coming home] or [as our family was coming home]

מִ⁠פַּדָּ֗ן

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I when,came,I from,Paddan died on,me Rāḩēl in=land Kənaˊan on,journey at,yet distance_of earth/land to,go ʼEfrāt and,I,buried_her there on,the_journey_of ʼEfrāt who/which house_of -leḩem )

Consider again how you translated “the land/region of Paddan Aram” in the book of Genesis. See [25:20](../25/20.md) (and note); [28:2](../28/02.md), [5–7](../28/05.md); [31:18](../31/18.md); [33:18](../33/18.md); [35:9](../35/09.md), [26](../35/26.md); [46:15](../46/15.md); [48:7](../48/07.md). Also, be consistent with how you spelled “Aram” in those verses and in Genesis [10:22–23](../10/22.md); [22:21](../22/21.md); [24:10](../24/10.md). Alternate translation: [from the land of Paddan Aram]

רָחֵ֜ל

Rāḩēl

Alternate translation: [my beloved wife Rachel]

מֵ֩תָה֩ עָלַ֨⁠י

died on,me

The Hebrew text is ambiguous here because the preposition can have different meanings. It could mean: (1) died beside me or “died by my side”; or (2) “died, bringing sorrow/grief on/to me”

בַּ⁠דֶּ֔רֶךְ בְּ⁠ע֥וֹד כִּבְרַת־אֶ֖רֶץ לָ⁠בֹ֣א אֶפְרָ֑תָה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I when,came,I from,Paddan died on,me Rāḩēl in=land Kənaˊan on,journey at,yet distance_of earth/land to,go ʼEfrāt and,I,buried_her there on,the_journey_of ʼEfrāt who/which house_of -leḩem )

Be consistent here with how you spelled Ephrath in Genesis [35:16](../35/16.md), [19](../35/19.md), and how you spelled Bethlehem in [35:19](../35/19.md).

הִ֖וא בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם

who/which (Some words not found in UHB: and,I when,came,I from,Paddan died on,me Rāḩēl in=land Kənaˊan on,journey at,yet distance_of earth/land to,go ʼEfrāt and,I,buried_her there on,the_journey_of ʼEfrāt who/which house_of -leḩem )

The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. This phrase might be: (1) Jacob’s words; or (2) the author’s words. If you follow the second interpretation, you could put this phrase within parentheses, outside of the quote marks.