Genesis 48:1 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹ After this Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill”; so he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ SOME TIME after these things occurred, someone told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim [and went to Goshen].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ 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.

Common English Bible

¹ After this happened, Joseph was told, “Your father is getting weaker,” so he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ After these things were done, it was reported to Joseph that his father was sick. And taking his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim, he went directly to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ After these things, it was told Joseph that his father was sick: and he set out to go to him, taking his two sons Manasses and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:1 Cross References

Genesis 46:20

And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him.

Genesis 48:2

And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you”; then Israel summoned his strength, and sat up in bed.

Genesis 48:5

And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.

Genesis 50:23

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.

2 Kings 13:14

Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

2 Kings 13:20

So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year.

Job 42:16

And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.

Psalm 128:6

May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel!

John 11:3

So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”

Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff.

Joshua 14:4

For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and their substance.