Genesis 30:24
Modern Translations
New International Version
She named him Joseph, and said, "May the LORD add to me another son."

New Living Translation
And she named him Joseph, for she said, “May the LORD add yet another son to my family.”

English Standard Version
And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add to me another son!”

Berean Study Bible
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

New American Standard Bible
And she named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD give me another son.”

NASB 1995
She named him Joseph, saying, "May the LORD give me another son."

NASB 1977
And she named him Joseph, saying, “May the LORD give me another son.”

Amplified Bible
She named him Joseph (may He add) and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

Christian Standard Bible
She named him Joseph and said, “May the LORD add another son to me.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She named him Joseph: "May the LORD add another son to me."

Contemporary English Version
"I'll name the boy Joseph, and I'll pray that the LORD will give me another son."

Good News Translation
May the LORD give me another son"; so she named him Joseph.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She named him Joseph [May He Give Another] and said, "May the LORD give me another son."

International Standard Version
Because she had been asking, "May God give me another son," she named him Joseph.

NET Bible
She named him Joseph, saying, "May the LORD give me yet another son."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

New King James Version
So she called his name Joseph, and said, “The LORD shall add to me another son.”

King James 2000 Bible
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

New Heart English Bible
So she named him Joseph, saying, "May God add another son to me."

World English Bible
She named him Joseph, saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."

American King James Version
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

American Standard Version
and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.

A Faithful Version
And she called his name Joseph. And she said, "May the LORD add another son to me."

Darby Bible Translation
And she called his name Joseph; and said, Jehovah will add to me another son.

English Revised Version
and she called his name Joseph, saying, The LORD add to me another son.

Webster's Bible Translation
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD will add to me another son.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And she called his name Ioseph, saying: the Lorde geue me yet another sonne.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and she called him Ioseph, and sayde: God geue me yet another sonne.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And she called his name Ioseph saynge The lorde geue me yet a nother sonne.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and she calls his name Joseph, saying, “YHWH is adding to me another son.”

Young's Literal Translation
and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, 'Jehovah is adding to me another son.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And she will call his name Joseph, saying, God will add to me another son.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And she called his name Joseph, saying: The Lord give me also another son.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And she called his name Joseph, saying, “The Lord has added to me another son.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And she called his name Yoseph, and she said, “God will add to me another son.”

Lamsa Bible
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And she called his name Joseph, saying: 'The LORD add to me another son.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
















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