Chapter 46
Genesis 46:2
RBT Translation:
And elohim is saying to El-Strives in mirrors1301 of the Night-ward, and is saying, `Heel, Heel.`
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And God will speak to Israel in a vision of the night, and he will say, Jacob! Jacob! and he will say, Behold me.
And God will speak to Israel in a vision of the night, and he will say, Jacob! Jacob! and he will say, Behold me.
LITV Translation:
And God said to Israel in visions of the night, and He spoke, Jacob! Jacob! And he answered, Behold me.
And God said to Israel in visions of the night, and He spoke, Jacob! Jacob! And he answered, Behold me.
ESV Translation:
And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.”
And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And God spoke to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it?
And God spoke to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it?
Footnotes
1301 | Strong’s #4759 mar’ah. Mirror as an instrument or place of seeing oneself. Feminine of mar’eh (#4758), vision. The construct having the prefix m- lends to the definition of a place of seeing. From the root ra’ah (#7200) to see. “And he is making אֶת-the washingbowl of a bronze-one and אֶת-his stand of a bronze-one, in the mirrors [mar’ah] of the Ones-who-wage-war, who have waged-war at the door of the tent of an appointed-place.” Exodus 38:8 literal |