11Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too."


In Context

8 When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, "Who are these?"

9 "They are the sons God has given me here," Joseph said to his father. Then Israel said, "Bring them to me so I may bless them."

10 Now Israel's eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

11 Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too."

12 Then Joseph removed them from Israel's knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.

13 And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel's left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel's right hand, and brought them close to him.

Genesis 48:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:11And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee: moreover God hath shewed me thy seed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:11And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and behold, God has let me see also thy seed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:11And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and lo, God hath shown me also thy seed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:11Israel said to Joseph, |I didn't think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:11and Israel saith unto Joseph, 'To see thy face I had not thought, and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:11And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, see, God has showed me also your seed.