After this Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill”; so he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you”; then Israel summoned his strength, and sat up in bed. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When Jacob was told, Your son Joseph has come to you, Israel collected his strength and sat up on the bed. American Standard Version (1901) And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. Common English Bible When Jacob was informed, “Your son Joseph is here now,” he pulled himself together and sat up in bed. Catholic Public Domain Version And it was told to the old man, "Behold, your son Joseph is coming to you." And being strengthened, he sat up in bed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it was told the old man: Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee. And being strengthened he sat on his bed. |
After this Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill”; so he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
And I told them of the hand of my God which had been upon me for good, and also of the words which the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness thou healest all his infirmities.
But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him; for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land which you shall see.’
And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose, and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.