Jacob Blesses His Sons
Genesis 49:22
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey by a spring, with his wild colts beside the wall
- KJV
- ¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:branches: Heb. daughters
- WEB
- “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
- ASV
- Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.
- LSV
- Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, || Daughters step over the wall;
- YLT
- Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;
- DBY
- Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; [His] branches shoot over the wall.
- DRC
- Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold; the daughters run to and fro upon the wall.
- GNV
- Ioseph shalbe a fruitefull bough, euen a fruitful bough by the well side: the small boughs shall runne vpon the wall.
- JPS
- Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.
- LXXE
- Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- בֵּ֤ן פֹּרָת֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף בֵּ֥ן פֹּרָ֖ת עֲלֵי־עָ֑יִן בָּנ֕וֹת צָעֲדָ֖ה עֲלֵי־שֽׁוּר׃
- LXX-Br
- Υἱὸς ηὐξημένος Ἰωσὴφ, υἱὸς ηὐξημένος μου ζηλωτὸς, υἱός μου νεώτατος· πρός με ἀνάστρεψον.
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DaughterPatriarchal GovernmentCainEphraim (1)WillTribes of Israel, TheBlessManasseh, the Tribe ofBenedictionsJacob
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 41:52And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
- Psalms 1:1–3Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and…
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Joshua 16:1–10The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. It went on from…
- Genesis 46:27And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
- Genesis 30:22–24Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said. She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another…
- Joshua 17:14–17Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.” Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people…
- Numbers 32:1–42Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock. So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar…
- Genesis 48:1Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- Genesis 48:19–20But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a…
- Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- Ezekiel 19:11It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.
- 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 48:5And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
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