It happened after these things, that someone said to Yosef, *Behold, your father is sick.* He took with him his two sons, Menasheh and Efrayim.
Genesis 48:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Someone told Ya`akov, and said, *Behold, your son Yosef comes to you,* and Yisra'el strengthened himself, and sat on the 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. |
It happened after these things, that someone said to Yosef, *Behold, your father is sick.* He took with him his two sons, Menasheh and Efrayim.
Ya`akov said to Yosef, *El Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Kena`an, and blessed me,
I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good [work].
The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
But charge Yehoshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.
Yonatan, Sha'ul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.