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And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

לְפָנָיו֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

לָרֹ֖ב (לָ) la. “to”

Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem right to him; and lifting his father's hand he would have put it on the head of Manasseh.

לְהָסִ֥יר (לְ) le. “to”

But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.

לְּעָ֖ם (לְּ) le. “<into>”

So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

לֵאמוֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.

לְךָ֛ (לְ) le. “to”

And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times.

לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to”

The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

וְל֖וֹ (ל֖) L “[will belong] to”

Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes:

לַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to the”

The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.

לְח֥וֹף (לְ) le. “to”לְח֣וֹף (לְ) le. “to”

And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

לִסְבֹּ֔ל (לִ) li “to”לְמַס־ (לְ) le. “<into>”

I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.

לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֖ (לִֽ) li. “for”

Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.

לְרֹ֣אשׁ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְקָדְקֹ֖ד (לְ) le. “to the”

Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.

וְלָעֶ֖רֶב (לָ) la. “to the”

These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.

לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “to”

In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place.

לַאֲחֻזַּת־ (לַ) la. “to”

And when Jacob had come to the end of these words to his sons, stretching himself on his bed, he gave up his spirit, and went the way of his people.

לְצַוֹּ֣ת (לְ) le. “to”

And Joseph put his head down on his father's face, weeping and kissing him.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to>”

And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.

לַחֲנֹ֖ט (לַ) la. “to”

And the forty days needed for making the body ready went by: and there was weeping for him among the Egyptians for seventy days.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for”

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִי֙ (לִ) l “for”

So Joseph went up to put his father in his last resting-place; and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, and the chief men of his house and all the chiefs of the land of Egypt,

לִקְבֹּ֣ר (לִ) li “to”

And they came to the grain-floor of Atad on the other side of Jordan, and there they gave the last honours to Jacob, with great and bitter sorrow, weeping for their father for seven days.

לְאָבִ֛יו (לְ) le. “for”