GEN 46:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) During the night, God spoke to Yisra’el in visions sayings, “Yacob, Yacob.”
¶ “I’m listening,” he answered.

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ ὁ Θεὸς τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν ὁράματι τῆς νυκτὸς, εἰπὼν, Ἰακὼβ, Ἰακώβ· ὁ δὲ εἶπε, τί ἐστιν;
(Eipe de ho Theos tōi Israaʸl en horamati taʸs nuktos, eipōn, Yakōb, Yakōb; ho de eipe, ti estin; )

BrTr And God spoke to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it?

ULT And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” And he said, “Behold me.”

UST During the night God called to Israel in a vision, “Jacob! Jacob!” Jacob replied, “Yes, Lord?”

BSB And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said.
§ “Here I am,” replied Jacob.

OEB God spoke to Israel in a vision by night and said, ‘Jacob, Jacob.’ He answered. ‘Here I am.’

WEBBE God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”
¶ He said, “Here I am.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”

LSV and God speaks to Israel in visions of the night and says, “Jacob, Jacob”; and he says, “Here I [am].”

FBV During the night God spoke to Israel in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called.
¶ “I'm here,” he replied.

T4T That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”

LEB And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.”

BBE And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

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JPS And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said: 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said: 'Here am I.'

ASV And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

DRA He heard him by a vision in the night calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.

YLT and God speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, 'Jacob, Jacob;' and he saith, 'Here [am] I.'

Drby And [fn]God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here am I.

46.2 Elohim

RV And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

Wbstr And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob: and he said, Here am I.

KJB-1769 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

KJB-1611 And God spake vnto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Iacob, Iacob. And he said, Here am I.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And God spake vnto Israel in a vision by nyght, saying: Iacab, Iacob? And he aunswered: here am I.
(And God spake unto Israel in a vision by night, saying: Yacab, Yacob? And he answered: here am I.)

Gnva And God spake vnto Israel in a vision by night, saying, Iaakob, Iaakob. Who answered, I am here.
(And God spake unto Israel in a vision by night, saying, Yacob, Yacob. Who answered, I am here. )

Cvdl And God spake vnto him in a vision by night: Iacob Iacob. He sayde: here am I.
(And God spake unto him in a vision by night: Yacob Yacob. He said: here am I.)

Wycl he herde God bi a visioun in that nyyt clepynge hym, `and seiynge to hym, Jacob! Jacob! To whom he answeride, Lo! Y am present.
(he heard God by a vision in that night clepynge him, `and seiynge to him, Yacob! Yacob! To whom he answered, Lo! I am present.)

Luth Und GOtt sprach zu ihm des Nachts im Gesicht: Jakob, Jakob! Er sprach: Hie bin ich.
(And God spoke to him the Nachts in_the Gesicht: Yakob, Yakob! He spoke: Here am I.)

ClVg audivit eum per visionem noctis vocantem se, et dicentem sibi: Jacob, Jacob. Cui respondit: Ecce adsum.
(audivit him through vision noctis vocantem se, and dicentem sibi: Yacob, Yacob. Cui answered: Behold adsum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֤ים לְ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּ⁠מַרְאֹ֣ת הַ⁠לַּ֔יְלָה וַ⁠יֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֣ב יַעֲקֹ֑ב

and=he/it_said ʼElohīm to,Israel in/on/at/with,visions the=night and=he/it_said Yaakob Yaakob

God repeats Jacob’s name to communicate that he has something urgent or important to tell him. Make sure your translation of this phrase does not sound angry or critical. Also see how you translated “vision” in Gen 15:1.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

(Occurrence 2) וַ⁠יֹּ֖אמֶר

and=he/it_said

For some languages, it is more natural to put this quotation margin (he said) after the quote. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “Jacob replied to him,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הִנֵּֽ⁠נִי

here,I

Consider again how you translated the idiom Behold me throughout the book of Genesis. See Gen 22:1, 7, 11; 27:1, 18; 31:11; 37:13; 46:2. Alternate translation: “Here I am, Lord” or “Yes, Master?” or “I am listening, Lord.”

Parallel GEN 46:2