Genesis 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
KJV
Quibus transactis, locutus est fratribus suis : Post mortem meam Deus visitabit vos, et ascendere vos faciet de terra ista ad terram quam juravit Abraham, Isaac et Jacob.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶδεν Ἰωσὴφ Ἐφράιμ παιδία ἕως τρίτης γενεᾶς· καὶ υἱοὶ Μαχεὶρ τοῦ υἱοῦ Μανασσὴ ἐτέχθησαν ἐπὶ μηρῶν Ἰωσήφ.
LXX
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph’s knees.
ASV
וַ/יַּ֤רְא יוֹסֵף֙ לְ/אֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּנֵ֖י שִׁלֵּשִׁ֑ים גַּ֗ם בְּנֵ֤י מָכִיר֙ בֶּן מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה יֻלְּד֖וּ עַל בִּרְכֵּ֥י יוֹסֵֽף
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In this verse
In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 40.—How It is Said that Jacob Went into Egypt with Seventy-Five Souls, When Most of Those Who are Mentioned Were Born at a Later Period. Seventy-five men are reported to have entered Egypt along with Jacob, counting him with his children. In this number only two women are mentioned, one a daughter, the other a grand-daughter. But when the thing is carefully considered, …
Cross-references
- Gen 30:3 — And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
- Gen 30:3 — And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
- Gen 41:52 — And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
- Gen 48:19 — And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be
- Job 3:12 — Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
- Job 42:16 — After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
- Job 42:16 — After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
- Josh 17:1 — There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gi
- Josh 17:1 — There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gi
- Num 32:33 — And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom
- Num 32:39 — And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
- Num 32:39 — And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
- Prov 17:6 — Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
- Ps 128:6 — Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
- Ps 128:6 — Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.