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Bible in Basic English

And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.

New American Standard Bible

Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

King James Version

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Holman Bible

Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.

International Standard Version

So their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

A Conservative Version

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

American Standard Version

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Amplified

Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

Darby Translation

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Julia Smith Translation

And their father Ephraim will mourn many days, and his brethren will come to comfort him.

King James 2000

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

Modern King James verseion

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Ephraim their father mourned many a day and his brethren came to comfort him.

NET Bible

Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days and his brothers came to console him.

New Heart English Bible

Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

The Emphasized Bible

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, - and his brethren came to comfort him.

Webster

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

World English Bible

Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Ephraim their father mourneth many days, and his brethren come in to comfort him,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אפרים 
'Ephrayim 
Usage: 180

H56
אבל 
'abal 
Usage: 39

רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

to comfort
נחם 
Nacham 
Usage: 108

References

Context Readings

The Descendants Of Ephraim

21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath, who had been living in the land from their birth, put to death, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort. 23 After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.

Cross References

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

Job 2:11

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

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