King James Version
Genesis 48:6 in the King James Version says “And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in ...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.”
Genesis 48:6 · KJV
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thy issue”
H4138nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which thou begettest”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“after”
H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“of their brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“them shall be thine and shall be called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“in their inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
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