21Then Israel said to Joseph, "I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.


In Context

18 Joseph said to him, "No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."

19 But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations."

20 He blessed them that day and said, "In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' " So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

21 Then Israel said to Joseph, "I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.

22 And to you, as one who is over your brothers, I give the ridge of land I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."

Genesis 48:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:21And he said to Joseph his son: Be- hold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:21And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:21And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:21Israel said to Joseph, |Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:21And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:21And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.