Genesis 48:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face; and lo, God has let me see your children also.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought that I would see your face, but see, God has shown me your offspring also.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t expect I’d see your face, but now God has shown me your children too.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And he said to his son: "I have not been cheated out of seeing you. Moreover, God has shown me your offspring."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee. Moreover God hath shewed me thy seed.

Genesis 48:11 Cross References

Genesis 37:33

And he recognized it, and said, “It is my son's robe; a wild beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin; all this has come upon me.”

Genesis 45:26

And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them.

Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him; and he kissed them and embraced them.

Genesis 48:12

Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Psalm 128:6

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

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,