After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, ‘Send me on my way so that I can return to my homeland.
Genesis 30:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised She named him Joseph and said, ‘May the Lord add another son to me.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And she called his name Joseph [may he add] and said, May the Lord add to me another son. American Standard Version (1901) and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son. Common English Bible She named him Joseph, saying to herself, May the LORD give me another son. Catholic Public Domain Version And she called his name Joseph, saying, "The Lord has added to me another son." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son. |
After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, ‘Send me on my way so that I can return to my homeland.
These are the family records of Jacob. At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.
When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.
Joseph was in charge of the country; he sold grain to all its people. His brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
‘Son of man, take a single stick and write on it: Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Belonging to Joseph #– #the stick of Ephraim #– #and all the house of Israel associated with him.
12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 sealed from the tribe of Benjamin.