- Genesis 47:28
וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וַיְהִי יְמֵי־יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵי חַיָּיו שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וְאַרְבָּעִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה׃
Jacob lived seventeen years in the land of Egypt, so that the span of Jacob’s life came to one hundred and forty-seven years.
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲיָא יַעֲקֹב בְּאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם שְׁבַע עַסְרֵי שְׁנִין וַהֲוָה יוֹמֵי יַעֲקֹב שְׁנֵי חַיּוֹהִי מְאָה וְאַרְבְּעִין וּשְׁבַע שְׁנִין׃
Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. The days of Yaakov, the years of his life were one hundred and forty seven years.
- Genesis 47:29
וַיִּקְרְבוּ יְמֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לָמוּת וַיִּקְרָא ׀ לִבְנוֹ לְיוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ שִׂים־נָא יָדְךָ תַּחַת יְרֵכִי וְעָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַל־נָא תִקְבְּרֵנִי בְּמִצְרָיִם׃
And when the time approached for Israel to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, “Do me this favor, place your hand under my thigh as a pledge of your steadfast loyalty: please do not bury me in Egypt.
Targum Onkelos
וּקְרִיבוּ יוֹמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִמְמָת וּקְרָא לִבְרֵיהּ לְיוֹסֵף וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ אִם כְּעַן אַשְׁכַּחִית רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָךְ שַׁו כְּעַן יְדָךְ תְּחוֹת יִרְכִּי וְתַעֲבֵיד עִמִּי טֵיבוּ וּקְשׁוֹט לָא כְעַן תִּקְבְּרִנַּנִי בְּמִצְרָיִם׃
The days of Yisrael’s death drew near, and he called for his son Yoseif, and said to him, If I have found favor in your eyes, please [now], place your hand under my thigh; that you will deal kindly [with goodness] and truthfully with me. Please [Now], do not bury me in Egypt.
- Genesis 47:30
וְשָׁכַבְתִּי עִם־אֲבֹתַי וּנְשָׂאתַנִי מִמִּצְרַיִם וּקְבַרְתַּנִי בִּקְבֻרָתָם וַיֹּאמַר אָנֹכִי אֶעֱשֶׂה כִדְבָרֶךָ׃
When I rest with my ancestors, take me up from Egypt and bury me in their burial-place.” He replied, “I will do as you have spoken.”
Targum Onkelos
וְאֶשְׁכּוֹב עִם אֲבָהָתַי וְתִטְּלִנַּנִי מִמִּצְרַיִם וְתִקְבְּרִנַּנִי בִּקְבוּרַתְהוֹן וַאֲמַר אֲנָא אַעֲבֵיד כְּפִתְגָמָךְ׃
For I will lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their grave. He [Yoseif said], I will do as you say.
- Genesis 47:31
וַיֹּאמֶר הִשָּׁבְעָה לִי וַיִּשָּׁבַע לוֹ וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל־רֹאשׁ הַמִּטָּה׃
And he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. Then Israel bowed at the head of the bed.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר קַיֵּים לִי וְקַיֵּים לֵיהּ וּסְגֵיד יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל רֵישׁ עַרְסָא׃
He [Yaakov] said, Swear to me, and he swore to him. Yisrael prostrated himself at the head of the bed.
- Genesis 48:1
וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר לְיוֹסֵף הִנֵּה אָבִיךָ חֹלֶה וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שְׁנֵי בָנָיו עִמּוֹ אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת־אֶפְרָיִם׃
Some time afterward, Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Targum Onkelos
וַהֲוָה בָּתַר פִּתְגָמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין וַאֲמַר לְיוֹסֵף הָא אֲבוּךְ מְרַע וּדְבַר יָת תְּרֵין בְּנוֹהִי עִמֵּיהּ יָת מְנַשֶּׁה וְיָת אֶפְרָיִם׃
After these events, someone said to Yoseif, Behold your father is [lying] ill. He took his two sons with him, Menasheh and Ephraim.
- Genesis 48:2
וַיַּגֵּד לְיַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה בִּנְךָ יוֹסֵף בָּא אֵלֶיךָ וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־הַמִּטָּה׃
When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to see you,” Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.
Targum Onkelos
וְחַוִּי לְיַעֲקֹב וַאֲמַר הָא בְּרָךְ יוֹסֵף אָתֵי לְוָתָךְ וְאִתַּקַּף יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיתֵיב עַל עַרְסָא׃
It was told to Yaakov, saying, Behold, your son, Yoseif, has come to you. Yisrael gathered his strength and sat up in bed.
- Genesis 48:3
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־יוֹסֵף אֵל שַׁדַּי נִרְאָה־אֵלַי בְּלוּז בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתִי׃
And Jacob said to Joseph, “El Shaddai, who appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, blessed me—
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב לְיוֹסֵף אֵל שַׁדַּי אִתְגְּלִי לִי בְלוּז בְּאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן וּבָרֵיךְ יָתִי׃
Yaakov said to Yoseif, Almighty Shaddai appeared [became revealed] to me in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and He blessed me.
- Genesis 48:4
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי הִנְנִי מַפְרְךָ וְהִרְבִּיתִךָ וּנְתַתִּיךָ לִקְהַל עַמִּים וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֲחֻזַּת עוֹלָם׃
and said to me, ‘I will make you fertile and numerous, making of you a community of peoples; and I will assign this land to your offspring to come for an everlasting possession.’
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר לִי הָאֲנָא מַפֵּישׁ לָךְ וּמַסְגֵּי לָךְ וְאֶתְּנִנָּךְ לְכִנְשָׁת שִׁבְטִין וְאֶתֵּין יָת אַרְעָא הָדָא לִבְנָךְ בָּתְרָךְ אַחְסָנַת עָלַם׃
He said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you into an assembly of nations [tribes]. I will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.
- Genesis 48:5
וְעַתָּה שְׁנֵי־בָנֶיךָ הַנּוֹלָדִים לְךָ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם עַד־בֹּאִי אֵלֶיךָ מִצְרַיְמָה לִי־הֵם אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה כִּרְאוּבֵן וְשִׁמְעוֹן יִהְיוּ־לִי׃
Now, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, shall be mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine no less than Reuben and Simeon.
Targum Onkelos
וּכְעַן תְּרֵין בְּנָךְ דְּאִתְיְלִידוּ לָךְ בְּאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם עַד מֵיתַא לְוָתָךְ לְמִצְרַיִם דִּילִי אִנּוּן אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה כִּרְאוּבֵן וְשִׁמְעוֹן יְהוֹן קֳדָמָי׃
And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you to Egypt, are mine. Ephraim and Menasheh, like Reuvein and Shimon, shall be mine [before me].
- Genesis 48:6
וּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ אֲשֶׁר־הוֹלַדְתָּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם לְךָ יִהְיוּ עַל שֵׁם אֲחֵיהֶם יִקָּרְאוּ בְּנַחֲלָתָם׃
But progeny born to you after them shall be yours; they shall be recorded instead of their brothers in their inheritance.
Targum Onkelos
וּבְנִין דְּתוֹלֵיד בָּתְרֵיהוֹן דִּילָךְ יְהוֹן עַל שׁוֹם אֲחֵיהוֹן יִתְקְרוֹן בְּאַחְסָנַתְהוֹן׃
But your progeny that will be born after them shall be yours. They shall be called by their brother’s name with regard to their inheritance.
- Genesis 48:7
וַאֲנִי ׀ בְּבֹאִי מִפַּדָּן מֵתָה עָלַי רָחֵל בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּעוֹד כִּבְרַת־אֶרֶץ לָבֹא אֶפְרָתָה וָאֶקְבְּרֶהָ שָּׁם בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָת הִוא בֵּית לָחֶם׃
I [do this because], when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, while I was journeying in the land of Canaan, when still some distance short of Ephrath; and I buried her there on the road to Ephrath”—now Bethlehem.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲנָא בְּמֵיתַא מִפַּדָּן מֵיתַת עֲלַי רָחֵל בְּאַרְעָא דִּכְנַעַן בְּאוֹרְחָא בְּעוֹד כְּרוֹב אַרְעָא לְמֵיעַל לְאֶפְרָת וּקְבַרְתַּהּ תַּמָּן בְּאוֹרַח אֶפְרָת הִיא בֵית לָחֶם׃
And I, when I came from Padan, Rochel died unto me in the land of Canaan, on the road, when there was yet a stretch of land, before coming to Ephros. I buried her there on the road to Ephros, which is Beis Lechem.
- Genesis 48:8
וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמֶר מִי־אֵלֶּה׃
Noticing Joseph’s sons, Israel asked, “Who are these?”
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲזָא יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף וַאֲמַר מַן אִלֵּין׃
Yisrael saw Yoseif’s sons, and he said, Who are these?
- Genesis 48:9
וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־אָבִיו בָּנַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן־לִי אֱלֹהִים בָּזֶה וַיֹּאמַר קָחֶם־נָא אֵלַי וַאֲבָרְכֵם׃
And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” “Bring them up to me,” he said, “that I may bless them.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יוֹסֵף לַאֲבוּהִי בְּנַי אִנּוּן דִּיהַב לִי יְיָ הָכָא וַאֲמַר קָרֵיבִנּוּן כְּעַן לְוָתִי וַאֲבָרֵיכִנּוּן׃
Yoseif said to his father, These are my sons, whom Elohim has given me in this [place] [here]. He [Yaakov] said, Please Take [Now bring] them [near] to me, and I will bless them.