Genesis 37:2

   This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, 
   was tending the flocks with his brothers,the sons of Bilhah and 
   the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and he brought their 
   father a bad report about them.



Study of word order:

   Hebrew1   ere    toldot   yakob  --> this account Jacob
   Arabic1   hazihi mawalidu yaquba --> this birth   Jacob

   Hebrew2   yosef              --> Joseph
   Arabic2   yusufu  idh  kana  --> Joseph  then  there_was

   Hebrew3   ben   sheba  yesure   shana   -->  son  seven  ten  year 
   Arabic3   ibna  saba   ashrata  sanatan -->  son  seven  ten  year

   Hebrew4   haya  roe    -->  there_was sheeper
   Arabic4   kana  yar'a  -->  there_was sheeper

   Hebrew5   et eha-v      ba-tsuon --> with brothers-his in_the-flocks   
   Arabic5   ma ikhwati-hi l-qanama --> with brothers-his the-sheep

   Hebrew6   ve-hu    na'ar     --> and-he  young 
   Arabic6   wa-huwa  ghulamun  --> and-he  young

   Hebrew7   et    benei  bilha   --> with  sons  Bilhah
   Arabic7   inda  bani   bilhata --> with  sons  Bilhah 

   Hebrew8   ve-et benei zilpa    --> and-with sons Zilpah
   Arabic8   wa-bani     zilfata  --> and-with sons Zilpah

   Hebrew9   neshei   abi-v   --> wives  father-his
   Arabic9   umratai  abi-hi  --> wives  father-his

   Hebrew10  va-yabe  yosef   --> and-brought  Joseph
   Arabic10  wa-ata   yusufu  --> and-brought  Joseph 

   Hebrew11  et   diba-tam     ra'a      -->  with slander-their  bad
   Arabic11  bi-namima-tihimi  rradiyati -->  with-slander-their  bad

   Hebrew12  el   abi-hem  --> to  father-their
   Arabic12  ila  abi-him  --> to  father-their

Study of the root of verb:

   Hebrew2  (nothing)
   Arabic2  the root of "there_was" is  (N-W-K)

   Hebrew4  the root of "there_was" is   (H-Y-H)
   Arabic4  the root of "there_was" is  (N-W-K)

   Hebrew10  the root of "bring" is   (A-V-B)
   Arabic10  the root of "bring" is  (Y-T-A)



Summary:

   The construction of this text is almost the same, but in detail, 
   Arabic2 is not the same as Hebrew2.
   This text has 3 Verbs, and any of the 3 roots are not the same.


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