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Joseph

Genesis 30:24

In 11 translations

BSB
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”Joseph means may He add.
KJV
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.Joseph: that is, Adding
WEB
She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.”Joseph means “may he add”.
ASV
and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.
LSV
and she calls his name Joseph, saying, “YHWH is adding to me another son.”
YLT
and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, 'Jehovah is adding to me another son.'
DBY
And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.
DRC
And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son.
GNV
And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.
JPS
And she called his name Joseph, saying: 'The LORD add to me another son.'
LXXE
And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתִּקְרָ֧א אֶת־שְׁמ֛וֹ יוֹסֵ֖ף לֵאמֹ֑ר יֹסֵ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה לִ֖י בֵּ֥ן אַחֵֽר׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰωσὴφ, λέγουσα, προσθέτω ὁ Θεός μοι υἱὸν ἕτερον.

Who and where

👤 God👤 Joseph (son of Jacob)◆ Birth of Joseph◆ Lifetime of Joseph

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
  • Genesis 49:22–26Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall. The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility. Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were…
  • Revelation 7:8from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
  • Genesis 37:2This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
  • Hebrews 11:21–22By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave…
  • Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
  • Genesis 39:1–23Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. And the LORD was with Joseph,…
  • Deuteronomy 33:13–17Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath, with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the…
  • Genesis 35:17–18During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.” And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
  • Acts 7:9–15Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt,…
  • Genesis 37:4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
  • Genesis 48:1–22Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed. Jacob…
  • Ezekiel 37:16“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all…

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