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Genesis 48:21

World English Bible

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

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Genesis 48:21 in other translations

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

Genesis 48:21 · American Standard Version

Genesis 48:21 in context

  1. 19His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
  2. 20He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in you, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’ ” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
  3. 21Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
  4. 22Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”