And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis 49:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Joseph is a fruitful bough, Even a fruitful bough by a well; Whose branches run over the wall: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well (spring or fountain), whose branches run over the wall. American Standard Version (1901) Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall. Common English Bible Joseph is a young bull, a young bull by a spring, who strides with oxen. Catholic Public Domain Version Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and stately to behold; the daughters run back and forth on the wall. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold: the daughters run to and fro upon the wall. |
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
and the sons of Joseph, which were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
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.
And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which hath fed me all my life long unto this day,
the angel which hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
And now thy two sons, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thine house: Thy children like olive plants, round about thy table.
The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of the LORD coming up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.