Parallel Verses

Amplified


“Joseph is a fruitful bough (a main branch of the vine),
A fruitful bough by a spring (a well, a fountain);
Its branches run over the wall [influencing others].

New American Standard Bible

Joseph is a fruitful bough,
A fruitful bough by a spring;
Its branches run over a wall.

King James Version

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

Holman Bible

Joseph is a fruitful vine,
a fruitful vine beside a spring;
its branches climb over the wall.

International Standard Version

"Joseph is descended from a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine planted near springs of water. His branches climb over walls.

A Conservative Version

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a fountain, his branches run over the wall.

American Standard Version

Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.

Bible in Basic English

Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;

Darby Translation

Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; His branches shoot over the wall.

Julia Smith Translation

Joseph a fruitful son, a fruitful son upon a fountain, the daughters mounting over a wall.

King James 2000

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Joseph [is] the bough of a fruitful vine, a fruitful bough by a spring. His branches climb over the wall.

Modern King James verseion

Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son by a well, whose branches run over the wall.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"That flourishing child, Joseph; that flourishing child, and goodly unto the eye! The daughters come forth to bear rule;

NET Bible

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall.

New Heart English Bible

"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

The Emphasized Bible

A fruitful bough over a fountain, - Branches creeping over a wail.

Webster

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

World English Bible

"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

Youngs Literal Translation

Joseph is a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

is a fruitful
פּרה 
Parah 
Usage: 29

פּרה 
Parah 
Usage: 29

by a well
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

run
צעד 
Tsa`ad 
Usage: 8

References

Context Readings

Jacob Blesses His Twelve Sons

21
“Naphtali is a doe let loose, [a swift warrior,]
Which yields branched antlers (eloquent words).
22 
“Joseph is a fruitful bough (a main branch of the vine),
A fruitful bough by a spring (a well, a fountain);
Its branches run over the wall [influencing others].
23
“The [skilled] archers have bitterly attacked and provoked him;
They have shot [at him] and harassed him.


Cross References

Genesis 41:52

He named the second [son] Ephraim (fruitfulness), for “God has caused me to be fruitful and very successful in the land of my suffering.”

Genesis 30:22-24

Then God remembered [the prayers of] Rachel, and God thought of her and opened her womb [so that she would conceive].

Genesis 46:27

and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Jacob, and Joseph and his sons], who came into Egypt, were seventy.

Genesis 48:1

Now some time after these things happened, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him [to go to Goshen].

Genesis 48:5

Now your two sons [Ephraim and Manasseh], who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine [that is, adopted as my heirs and sons as surely], as Reuben and Simeon are my sons.

Genesis 48:16


The Angel [that is, the Lord Himself] who has redeemed me [continually] from all evil,
Bless the boys;
And may my name live on in them [may they be worthy of having their names linked with mine],
And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And may they grow into a [great] multitude in the midst of the earth.”

Genesis 48:19-20

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; Manasseh also will become a people and he will be great; but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”

Numbers 32:1-42

Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had very large herds of cattle, and they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead [on the east side of the Jordan River], and indeed, the place was suitable for raising livestock.

Deuteronomy 33:13-17

And of Joseph he said,

“Blessed by the Lord be his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the dew,
And from the deep water that lies beneath,

Joshua 16:1-10

Then the lot (allotment) for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan Valley at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.

Joshua 17:14-17

The sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us only one lot and one portion as an inheritance, when we are a numerous people whom the Lord has so far blessed?”

Psalm 1:1-3

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example],
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of scoffers (ridiculers).

Psalm 128:1

Blessed [happy and sheltered by God’s favor] is everyone who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience],
Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.

Psalm 128:3


Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
Within the innermost part of your house;
Your children will be like olive plants
Around your table.

Ezekiel 19:11


‘And it had strong branches for the scepters of rulers,
And its height was raised above the thick branches and into the clouds
So that it was seen [easily] in its height with the mass of its branches.

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