KJV King James Version
And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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Genesis 48:1
And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
WEB World English Bible
It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, after these things, that one saith to Joseph, ‘Lo, thy father is sick;’ and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Surrounding context — Genesis 48
1 And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֗יH1961 · ha.yahto beאַחֲרֵי֙H310 · a.charafterהַדְּבָרִ֣יםH1697 · da.varwordהָאֵ֔לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלְיוֹסֵ֔ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephהִנֵּ֥הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdאָבִ֖יךָH1 · avfatherחֹלֶ֑הH2470 · cha.lahbe weak: weakוַיִּקַּ֞חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁנֵ֤יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoבָנָיו֙H1121 · benson: childעִמּ֔וֹH5973 · imwithאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מְנַשֶּׁ֖הH4519 · me.nash.shehManassehוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֶפְרָֽיִם׃H669 · eph.ra.yimEphraim
Cross-references
Genesis 41:50-52And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.Genesis 46:20And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.Psalm 128:6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, [and] peace upon Israel.John 11:3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.Job 42:16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, [even] four generations.
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