◄ Genesis 48:11 ►
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Good News Translation
Jacob said to Joseph, "I never expected to see you again, and now God has even let me see your children."

New Revised Standard Version
Israel said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see your face; and here God has let me see your children also.”

Contemporary English Version
Jacob turned to Joseph and told him, "For many years I thought you were dead and that I would never see you again. But now God has even let me live to see your children."

New American Bible
Then Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your descendants as well!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee; moreover God hath shewn me thy seed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

I had not.

Genesis 37:33,35 And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph. . . .

Genesis 42:36 Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me.

Genesis 45:26 And they told him, saying: Joseph, thy son, is living; and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt. Which when Jacob heard, he awaked as it were out of a deep sleep, yet did not believe them.

God.

Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us:

Context
Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
…10For Israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them, 11And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee; moreover God hath shewn me thy seed.12And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.…
Cross References
Genesis 48:10
For Israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them,

Genesis 48:12
And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.

Psalm 128:6
And mayst thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.

Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.

Genesis 48:10
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