And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis 49:22 - King James 2000 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Joseph is a fruitful bough, Even a fruitful bough by a well; Whose branches run over the wall: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well (spring or fountain), whose branches run over the wall. American Standard Version (1901) Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall. Common English Bible Joseph is a young bull, a young bull by a spring, who strides with oxen. Catholic Public Domain Version Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and stately to behold; the daughters run back and forth on the wall. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold: the daughters run to and fro upon the wall. |
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were three score and ten.
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who fed me all my life long unto this day,
The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be perpetuated in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born unto you in the land of Egypt before I came unto you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
The archers have fiercely attacked him, and shot at him, and hated him:
[A song of ascents.] Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways.
Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that bore rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
Though he is fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall plunder the treasury of every precious thing.