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


In Context

5 "Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

6 Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers.

7 As I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).

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.

Genesis 48:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:8And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who [are] these?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:8Then seeing his sons, he said to him: Who are these?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:8Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, |Who are these?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:8And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, 'Who are these?'