Now it was after Rachel gave birth to Joseph that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away so that I can go to my place and to my land.
Genesis 30:24 - Tree of Life Version She named him Joseph saying, “May Adonai add another son for 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. |
Now it was after Rachel gave birth to Joseph that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away so that I can go to my place and to my land.
These are the genealogies of Jacob. When Joseph was 17 years old (he was a youth), he was shepherding the flocks with his brothers—with the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. Joseph brought back 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 speak to him in shalom.
Now Joseph was the ruler over the land. He was the provider of grain for all the people of the earth.
“You, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah’—for Bnei-Yisrael joined with him. Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph’—the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel joined with him.
12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun; 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph; 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin.