Genesis 48:11 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see you again, and now God has even let me see your sons."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Genesis 48:11 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

Genesis 48:12 Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

48:11 I had not thought to see thy face, (having many years given him up for lost) and lo God hath shewed me also thy seed? - See here, How these two good men own God in their comforts. Joseph saith, They are my sons whom God has given me - And to magnify the favour he adds, in this place of my banishment, slavery and imprisonment. Jacob saith here, God hath shewed me thy seed - Our comforts are then doubly sweet to us, when we see them coming from God's hand.

MHC:

48:8-22 The two good men own God in their comforts. Joseph says, They are my sons whom God has given me. Jacob says, God hath showed me thy seed. Comforts are doubly sweet to us when we see them coming from God's hand. He not only prevents our fears, but exceeds our hopes. Jacob mentions the care the Divine providence had taken of him all his days. A great deal of hardship he had known in his time, but God kept him from the evil of his troubles. Now he was dying, he looked upon himself as redeemed from all sin and sorrow for ever. Christ, the Angel of the covenant, redeems from all evil. Deliverances from misery and dangers, by the Divine power, coming through the ransom of the blood of Christ, in Scripture are often called redemption. In blessing Joseph's sons, Jacob crossed hands. Joseph was willing to support his first-born, and would have removed his father's hands. But Jacob acted neither by mistake, nor from a partial affection to one more than the other; but from a spirit of prophecy, and by the Divine counsel. God, in bestowing blessings upon his people, gives more to some than to others, more gifts, graces, and comforts, and more of the good things of this life. He often gives most to those that are least likely. He chooses the weak things of the world; he raises the poor out of the dust. Grace observes not the order of nature, nor does God prefer those whom we think fittest to be preferred, but as it pleases him. How poor are they who have no riches but those of this world! How miserable is a death-bed to those who have no well-grounded hope of good, but dreadful apprehensions of evil, and nothing but evil for ever!

CONC:

Allowed Behold Didn't Expected Face Hope Joseph Mercy Seed Seeing Shewed Showed Shown

Allowed Children Expected Face Hope Israel Joseph Mercy Seed Shewed Showed Shown Think Thought

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