Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.
WEB
Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
YLT
Joseph is a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;
DBT
Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; [His] branches shoot over the wall.
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)