Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

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.

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].

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.

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 a mighty shoot, giving fair words. 22 Joseph a fruitful son, a fruitful son upon a fountain, the daughters mounting over a wall. 23 This adversary will embitter him, and the lords of the arrows will lie in wait.

Cross References

Genesis 41:52

And the name of the second, he called Ephraim; for God caused me to flourish in the land of my affliction.

Genesis 30:22-24

And God will remember Rachel, and God will listen to her, and he will open her womb.

Genesis 46:27

And the sons of Joseph which were born to him in Egypt, two souls: to the house of Jacob coming to Egypt, seventy.

Genesis 48:1

And it shall be after these words, and it will be said to Joseph, Behold, thy father was sick: and he will take his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:5

And now, thy two sons having been born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came to thee to Egypt, they are to me: Ephraim and Manasseh shall be to me as Reuben and Simeon.

Genesis 48:16

The messenger redeeming me from all evil, shall bless the youths; and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaak and they shall be increased into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

Genesis 48:19-20

And his father will refuse and will say, I knew my son, I knew: this also shall be into a people, and this also shall be great: and yet his brother the small, shall be great more than he, and his seed shall be a fulness of nations.

Numbers 32:1-42

And much cattle was to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad exceedingly strong: and they will see the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place a place of cattle.

Deuteronomy 33:13-17

And to Joseph he said, His land from the blessing of Jehovah, from the most excellent of the heavens, from the dew and from the deep reclining beneath,

Joshua 16:1-10

And the lot to the sons of Joseph went forth from Jordan of Jericho to the water of Jericho, from the sumising to the desert it went up from Jericho into the mount of the House of God;

Joshua 17:14-17

And the sons of Joseph will speak to Joshua, saying, Why gavest thou to me to inherit one lot and one portion, and I much people, and till this Jehovah blessed me?

Psalm 1:1-3

Happy the man who went not in the counsel of the unjust, and he stood not in the way of the sinful, and sat not in the seat of those scoffing.

Psalm 128:1

Song of ascensions Happy every one fearing Jehovah; going in his ways.

Psalm 128:3

Thy wife as a vine bearing fruit in the sides of thy house: thy sons as plants of olives round about thy table.

Ezekiel 19:11

And there will be to her rods of strength to the rods of those ruling, and his stature will be lifted up between the thick boughs, and he will be seen in his height from the multitude of his branches.

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