And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
WEB
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
YLT
and the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: `for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.'
DBT
And the name of the second he called Ephraim — ForGod has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)