Genesis 50:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Genesis 50:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 50:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Genesis 50:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.”
Genesis 50:23 — World English Bible
Genesis 50:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Genesis 50:23 — American Standard Version
Genesis 50:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Joseph looketh on Ephraim's sons of the third <FI>generation<Fi> ; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph.”
Genesis 50:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 50:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]; the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.”
Genesis 50:23 — Darby Translation
Genesis 50:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Ioseph saw Ephraims children, euen vnto the third generation: also the sonnes of Machir the sonne of Manasseh were brought vp on Iosephs knees.”
Genesis 50:23 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 50:23 in Context — Genesis 50
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
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.
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
What Does Genesis 50:23 Mean?
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