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Young's Literal Translation

Judges 1:22

And the house of Joseph go up -- even they -- to Beth-El, and Jehovah [is] with them;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-El;   Canaanites;   Ephraim;   Thompson Chain Reference - Beth-El;   Ephraim;   Tribe;   The Topic Concordance - Compassion;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Canaanites, the;   Ephraim, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Canaan;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostacy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Judges, the Book of;   Palestine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethel;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bethel;   Canaanites;   Doubt;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Idolatry;   Israel;   Jude, Epistle of;   Judges (1);   Manasseh;   Numbers, Book of;   Palestine;   Tribes of Israel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discipline;   Pity Compassion;   Salvation;   Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethel ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bethel;   Dan;   Hittites;   Jehoshaphat;   Jerusalem;   Scripture;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Beth'el;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bethel;   Compassion;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Refute;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bethel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benjamin;   Ephraim;   Joshua (Jehoshua);   War;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
Hebrew Names Version
The house of Yosef, they also went up against Beit-El; and the LORD was with them.
King James Version
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the Lord was with them.
Lexham English Bible
Likewise, the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and Yahweh was with them.
English Standard Version
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
New Century Version
The men of Joseph went to fight against the city of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
New English Translation
When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the Lord was with them.
Amplified Bible
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
New American Standard Bible
Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They also yt were of the house of Ioseph, went vp to Beth-el, and the Lord was with them,
Legacy Standard Bible
And on some, who are doubting, have mercy;
Contemporary English Version
The Ephraim and Manasseh tribes were getting ready to attack Bethel, which at that time was called Luz. And the Lord helped them when they sent spies to find out as much as they could about Bethel.
Complete Jewish Bible
The house of Yosef likewise attacked Beit-El; and Adonai was with them.
Darby Translation
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.
Easy-to-Read Version
The descendants of Joseph went to fight against the city of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
George Lamsa Translation
The house of Joseph also went out against Beth-el; and the LORD was with them.
Good News Translation
The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to attack the city of Bethel, at that time called Luz. The Lord helped them. They sent spies to the city,
Literal Translation
And the house of Joseph went up, they also against Bethel. And Jehovah was with them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Likewyse the children of Ioseph wete vp also vnto Bethel, & the LORDE was wt the.
American Standard Version
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.
Bible in Basic English
And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in like maner they that were of the house of Ioseph went vp to Bethel, and the Lorde was with them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and the LORD was with them.
King James Version (1611)
And the house of Ioseph, they also went vp against Bethel: and the Lord was with them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.
English Revised Version
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.
Berean Standard Bible
The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the hows of Joseph stiede in to Bethel, and the Lord was with hem.
Update Bible Version
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Yahweh was with them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD [was] with them.
World English Bible
The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.
New King James Version
And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
New Living Translation
The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
New Life Bible
The men of the family of Joseph went up against Bethel. And the Lord was with them.
New Revised Standard
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel; and the Lord was with them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then went up the house of Joseph - they also, - unto Bethel, - and, Yahweh, was with them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them.
Revised Standard Version
The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel; and the LORD was with them.
THE MESSAGE
The house of Joseph went up to attack Bethel. God was with them. Joseph sent out spies to look the place over. Bethel used to be known as Luz. The spies saw a man leaving the city and said to him, "Show us a way into the city and we'll treat you well." The man showed them a way in. They killed everyone in the city but the man and his family. The man went to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz; that's its name to this day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

Contextual Overview

21 And the Jebusite, inhabiting Jerusalem, the sons of Benjamin have not dispossessed; and the Jebusite dwelleth with the sons of Benjamin, in Jerusalem, till this day. 22 And the house of Joseph go up -- even they -- to Beth-El, and Jehovah [is] with them; 23 and the house of Joseph cause [men] to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz), 24 and the watchers see a man coming out from the city, and say to him, `Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance of the city, and we have done with thee kindness.' 25 And he sheweth them the entrance of the city, and they smite the city by the mouth of the sword, and the man and all his family they have sent away; 26 and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz -- it [is] its name unto this day. 27 And Manasseh hath not occupied Beth-Shean and its towns, and Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Iblaim and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in that land; 28 and it cometh to pass, when Israel hath been strong, that he setteth the Canaanite to tribute, and hath not utterly dispossessed it. 29 And Ephraim hath not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, in Gezer. 30 Zebulun hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants of Nahalol, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, and they become tributary.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the house: Numbers 1:10, Numbers 1:32, Joshua 14:4, Joshua 16:1-4, 1 Chronicles 7:29, Revelation 7:8

the Lord: Judges 1:19, Genesis 49:24, 2 Kings 18:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:19 - the name Genesis 35:6 - Luz Numbers 14:9 - the Lord Joshua 12:16 - Bethel Joshua 16:2 - Bethel Joshua 18:13 - side of Luz 1 Samuel 30:27 - Bethel 1 Kings 11:28 - the house 1 Chronicles 7:28 - Bethel Amos 5:6 - the house

Cross-References

Genesis 1:13
and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day third.
Genesis 1:14
And God saith, `Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
Genesis 1:28
And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'
Genesis 8:17
and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.'
Genesis 9:1
And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;
Genesis 30:27
And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.'
Genesis 30:30
for [it is] little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?'
Genesis 35:11
And God saith to him, `I [am] God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;
Leviticus 26:9
`And I have turned unto you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you;
Job 40:15
Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel,.... Which lay upon the borders of the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, Joshua 16:1; and though it seems to have been taken when Ai was, Joshua 8:17; yet it appears that it was now in the possession of the Canaanites; wherefore the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh being desirous of enlarging their borders after the example of Judah, went against this place in order to take it:

and the Lord [was] with them; the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, directing, assisting, and succeeding them in their attempt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bethel was within the borders of Benjamin, but was captured, as we here learn, by the house of Joseph, who probably retained it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 1:22. The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel — That is, the tribe of Ephraim and the half tribe of Manasseh, who dwelt beyond Jordan. Beth-el was not taken by Joshua, though he took Ai, which was nigh to it.

Instead of בית יוסף beith Yoseph, "the house of Joseph," ten of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. and six of De Rossi's have בני יוסף beney Yoseph, "the children of Joseph;" and this is the reading of both the Septuagint and Arabic, as well as of two copies in the Hexapla of Origen.


 
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