Some time after this, Joseph was told, ‘Your father is weaker.’ So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When Jacob was told, ‘Your son Joseph has come to you,’ Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Some time after this, Joseph was told, ‘Your father is weaker.’ So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Jacob said to Joseph, ‘God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
I told them how the gracious hand of my God had been on me, and what the king had said to me. They said, ‘Let’s start rebuilding,’ and their hands were strengthened to do this good work.
But commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit this land that you will see.”
Then Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and encouraged him in his faith in God,