Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
New American Standard Bible
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but
King James Version
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Holman Bible
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
International Standard Version
By doing this, he placed Ephraim before Manasseh. Then Israel told Joseph, "Pay attention! I'm about to die, but God will be with you. He'll bring you back to the land that belongs to your ancestors.
A Conservative Version
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
American Standard Version
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Amplified
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to [Canaan] the land of your fathers.
Bible in Basic English
Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.
Darby Translation
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
Julia Smith Translation
And Israel will say to Joseph, I am dying: and God was with you and turned you back to the land of your fathers.
King James 2000
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I [am about] to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.
Modern King James verseion
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die. But God shall be with you, and bring you again into the land of your fathers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Israel said unto Joseph, "Behold, I die. And God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
NET Bible
Then Israel said to Joseph, "I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
New Heart English Bible
Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
The Emphasized Bible
And Israel said unto Joseph: Lo! I, am about to die, - but it shall come to pass that, God will be with you, and will take you back into the land of your fathers.
Webster
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers;
Interlinear
Muwth
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 48:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ephraim's Greater Blessing
20 He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."
Cross References
Genesis 46:4
I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."
Genesis 50:24
Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
Genesis 26:3
Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
Genesis 28:15
Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 15:14
I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,
Genesis 37:1
Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.
Deuteronomy 1:1-46
These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Deuteronomy 31:8
Yahweh, he it is who does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: don't be afraid, neither be dismayed."
Joshua 1:5
No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
Joshua 1:9
Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go."
Joshua 3:7
Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
Joshua 23:14
"Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.
Joshua 24:1-33
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
1 Kings 2:2-4
"I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;
Psalm 18:46
Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
Psalm 146:3-4
Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.
Zechariah 1:5-6
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Luke 2:29
"Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.
Hebrews 7:3
without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.
Hebrews 7:8
Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.
Hebrews 7:23-25
Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.
2 Peter 1:14
knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.