Judges 1:22
20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.
23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- KJV
- And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.
- WEB
- The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
- ASV
- And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.
- DARBY
- And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.
- BLB
- And the house of Joseph went up—even they—against Bethel, and YHWH [was] with them.
- ÅB
- Josefs barn dro også ut; de gikk imot Betel, og Herren var med dem.
- OTB
- Josefs stammer dro også opp mot Betel, og Herren var med dem.
- B1930
- Josefs barn drog også ut; de gikk imot Betel, og Herren var med dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 1:19
And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Read in context1 Chronicles 7:29
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
Read in contextJoshua 16:1–4
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
Read in contextGenesis 49:24
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Read in contextJoshua 14:4
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
Read in contextNumbers 1:10
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Read in contextNumbers 1:32
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Read in context2 Kings 18:7
And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
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