Genesis 48:22
What does Genesis 48:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 48:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and I--I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I have given to thee one tract [of land] above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Context
v.21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 47:13
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border, whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
- Genesis 34:28
They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;
- Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
- Genesis 15:16
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
- Genesis 33:19
And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.
- Judges 11:23
So now Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them?
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