American Standard Version (1901)
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
ASV Byzantine Text
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Asang Khongca Bible
Toe ampa mah angmaak pae; Ka panoek, ka capa, ka panoek; anih doeh kami ah angcoeng ueloe, paroeai len tahang tih; toe amnawk loe anih pongah len kue tih, anih ih caanawk loe pop parai acaeng ah angcoeng tih, tiah a naa.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Tedae a napa loh a aal tih, “Ka ca ka ming, anih he pilnam la a om khaw ka ming. Te dongah anih khaw rhoeng ni. Tedae a mana a noe he anih lakah rhoeng vetih a tiingan te namtom hlangping la om ni,” a ti nah.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Tedae a napa loh a aal tih, “Ka ca ka ming, anih he pilnam la a om khaw ka ming. Te dongah anih khaw rhoeng ni. Tedae a mana a noe he anih lakah rhoeng vetih a tiingan te namtom hlangping la om ni,” a ti nah.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
Hoole mai la kona makuakane, i mai la, Ua ike au, e kuu keiki, ua ike au, e lilo no hoi ia i lahuikanaka a e nui no ia, aka, o kona kaikaina, e kela aku kona nui mamua o keia, a e lilo ana ia i lahuikanaka nui loa.
English Berean Standard Bible
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Men, papa a derefize. Li di l': -Mwen konnen, pitit mwen, mwen konnen. Manase tout ap vin yon pèp. Li menm tout l'ap grannèg. Men, ti frè l' la pral pi grannèg pase l'. Pitit li yo pral vin anpil nasyon.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Qui renuens, ait: Scio, fili mi, scio: et iste quidem erit in populos, et multiplicabitur: sed frater ejus minor, major erit illo: et semen illius crescet in gentes.
Bible in Basic English
But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
Et son père refusa, disant : Je le sais, mon fils, je le sais ; lui aussi deviendra un peuple, et lui aussi sera grand ; toutefois son frère, qui est le plus jeune, sera plus grand que lui, et sa semence sera une plénitude de nations.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Ale nepovolil otec jeho, a řekl: Vím, synu můj, vím; takéť i on bude v lid, a také i on vzroste; však bratr jeho mladší více poroste než on, a símě jeho bude u veliké množství národů.
Kosraean Bible
Papa tumal ah tia insese kac. El fahk, “Wen nutik, nga etu. Nga etu lah fwilin tulik natul Manasseh ac fah oayapa orala sie mutunfacl lulap. Tusruktu tamulel fusr lal el ac fah yohk lukel, ac fita natul fah orala mutunfacl lulap puspis.”
World Portuguese Bible
O seu pai recusou, e disse: “Eu sei, meu filho, eu sei. Ele também se tornará um povo, e ele também será grande. No entanto, o seu irmão mais novo será maior do que ele, e a sua descendência se tornará uma multidão de nações.”
Romanian BTF Bible
Dar tatăl său a refuzat şi a spus: Ştiu aceasta fiul meu, o ştiu, el de asemenea va deveni un popor şi el de asemenea va fi mare; dar cu adevărat, fratele lui mai tânăr va fi mai mare decât el şi sămânţa lui va deveni o mulţime de naţiuni.
Brenton English Septuagint
And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Burmese Common Language Bible
သို့ရာတွင်သူ၏အဖကငြင်းဆန်၍``ငါ့သား၊ အဖသိပါသည်။ မနာရှေ၏အဆက်အနွယ် တို့သည်လည်းလူမျိုးကြီးဖြစ်လိမ့်မည်။ သို့ သော်လည်းသူ့ညီသည် သူ့ထက်သာ၍ကြီး မြတ်မည်ဖြစ်၍ သူ၏အဆက်အနွယ်တို့သည် လူမျိုးကြီးများဖြစ်လာလိမ့်မည်'' ဟုဆို လေ၏။
Darby Translation
But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Aber sein Vater weigerte sich und sprach: Ich weiß es mein Sohn, ich weiß es. Auch er wird zu einem Volke werden, und auch er wird groß sein; aber doch wird sein jüngerer Bruder größer sein als er, und sein Same wird eine Fülle von Nationen werden.
Dutch Bible 1917
Maar zijn vader weigerde het, en zeide: Ik weet het, mijn zoon! ik weet het; hij zal ook tot een volk worden, en hij zal ook groot worden; maar nochtans zal zijn kleinste broeder groter worden dan hij, en zijn zaad zal een volle menigte van volkeren worden.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
Maar zijn vader weigerde het, en sprak: Ik weet het, mijn zoon, ik weet het! Ook hij zal een volk worden, ook hij zal groot zijn; maar zijn jongere broer zal nog groter worden dan hij, en zijn geslacht een ganse schaar van volken.
Italian Diodati Bible
Ma suo padre ricusò di farlo, e disse: Io il so, figliuol mio, io il so; ancora esso diventerà un popolo, e ancora esso sarà grande; ma pure il suo fratel minore sarà più grande di lui, e la progenie di esso sarà una piena di genti .
Douay-Rheims 1899
But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become peoples, and shall be multiplied: but this younger brother shall be greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations.
Geneva Bible 1599
But his father refused, and sayd, I know well, my sonne, I know well: he shalbe also a people, and he shalbe great likewise: but his yonger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall be full of nations.
Danish Bible 1931
Men hans Fader vægrede sig og sagde: “Jeg ved det, min Søn, jeg ved det! Også han skal blive til et Folk, også han skal blive stor; men hans yngre Broder skal blive større end han, og hans Afkom skal blive en Mangfoldighed af Folkeslag!”
Leeser Tanakh
And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know, he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
And his father refused, and said: 'I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.'
King James Version
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
King James Version + Apocrypha
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Nhưng cha người không chịu và cãi rằng: Cha biết, con, cha biết. Nó sẽ trở nên một dân; nó cũng sẽ lớn vậy, con; song thể nào em nó cũng sẽ lớn hơn và dòng dõi nó sẽ thành ra vô số nước.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Revised West Version
Pea naʻe taʻofi ia ʻe heʻene tamai, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku ou ʻilo, ko hoku foha, ʻoku ou ʻilo ia: ʻe hoko ia foki ko e kakai tokolahi, pea ʻe lahi ia foki; ka ko e moʻoni ʻe lahi hono tehina ʻiate ia, pea ʻe hoko hono hako ko e ngaahi puleʻanga lahi.”
French Ostervald Bible
Mais son père refusa, et dit: Je le sais, mon fils, je le sais. Lui aussi deviendra un peuple, lui aussi sera grand; toutefois son frère, le cadet, sera plus grand que lui, et sa postérité sera une multitude de nations.
Esperanto Bible
Sed lia patro rifuzis, kaj diris: Mi scias, mia filo, mi scias; li ankaŭ fariĝos popolo kaj li ankaŭ fariĝos granda, sed lia pli juna frato estos pli granda ol li, kaj lia idaro estos multenombra inter la popoloj.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
Son père refusa, et dit: Je le sais, mon fils, je le sais; lui aussi deviendra un peuple, lui aussi sera grand; mais son frère cadet sera plus grand que lui, et sa postérité deviendra une multitude de nations.
German Luther Bible 1912
Aber sein Vater weigerte sich und sprach: Ich weiß wohl, mein Sohn, ich weiß wohl. Dieser soll auch ein Volk werden und wird groß sein; aber sein jüngerer Bruder wird größer denn er werden, und sein Same wird ein großes Volk werden.
LXX2012 U. S. English
And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
British English Septuagint 2012
And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Majority Standard BIble
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
Webster Bible
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I know, he also will become a people, and he will be great, but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a populous nation.’
Open English Bible (US)
But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know, he also will become a people, and he will be great, but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a populous nation.”
Revised Version
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Italian Riveduta Bible
Ma suo padre ricusò e disse: “Lo so, figliuol mio, lo so; anch’egli diventerà un popolo, e anch’egli sarà grande; nondimeno, il suo fratello più giovane sarà più grande di lui, e la sua progenie diventerà una moltitudine di nazioni”.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Son père refusa, et dit : « Je le sais, mon fils, je le sais. Lui aussi deviendra un peuple, et lui aussi sera grand. Cependant, son frère cadet sera plus grand que lui, et sa descendance deviendra une multitude de nations. »
Reina Valera 1909
Mas su padre no quiso, y dijo: Lo sé, hijo mío, lo sé: también él vendrá á ser un pueblo, y será también acrecentado; pero su hermano menor será más grande que él, y su simiente será plenitud de gentes.
Spanish BLL
Pero su padre se negó y le respondió: “Ya lo sé, hijo mío, ya lo sé. Él también llegará a ser un gran pueblo, y será muy importante. Sin embargo, su hermano menor será más importante que él, y su descendencia formará una multitud de naciones”.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
Mas su padre no quiso, y dijo: «Lo sé, hijo mío, lo sé; también él vendrá a ser un pueblo, y será también engrandecido; pero su hermano menor será más grande que él, y su descendencia formará multitud de naciones».
Croatian Bible
Ali njegov otac to odbije rekavši: “Znam ja, sine moj, znam; i od njega će postati narod i bit će velik. Ali njegov mlađi brat bit će veći od njega, a njegovo će potomstvo biti mnoštvo.”
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Ali otac njegov ne hte, nego reče: Znam, sine, znam; i od njega će postati narod, i on će biti velik; ali će mlađi brat njegov biti veći od njega, i seme će njegovo biti veliko mnoštvo naroda.
Targum Onkelos Etheridge
But his father willed not, and said, I know, my son, I know: he also shall be for a people, and he also shall be great; yet his younger brother will be greater than he, and his sons shall have dominion among the nations.
German Textbibel
Sein Vater aber weigerte sich und sprach: Ich weiß wohl, mein Sohn, ich weiß wohl! Auch er soll zu einem Volk und auch er soll mächtig werden. Aber bei alledem soll doch sein jüngerer Bruder mächtiger werden, als er, und seine Nachkommen sollen eine wahre Völkermenge werden.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
וַיְמָאֵ֣ן אָבִ֗יו וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יָדַ֤עְתִּֽי בְנִי֙ יָדַ֔עְתִּי גַּם־ה֥וּא יִֽהְיֶה־לְּעָ֖ם וְגַם־ה֣וּא יִגְדָּ֑ל וְאוּלָ֗ם אָחִ֤יו הַקָּטֹן֙ יִגְדַּ֣ל מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְזַרְע֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה מְלֹֽא־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃
World English Bible
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
World English Bible (Catholic)
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
World English Bible British Edition
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
World English Bible Classic
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
World English Bible Updated
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
World Messianic Bible
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
World Messianic Bible British Edition
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
Wycliffe Bible portions
Which forsook and seide, Y woot, my sone, Y woot; and sotheli this child schal be in to puplis, and he schal be multiplied; but his yonger brother schal be more than he, and `his seed schal encreesse in to folkis.
Young's Literal Translation
And his father refuseth, and saith, 'I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'
SEPTUAGINTA
καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν, ἀλλὰ εἶπεν· οἶδα, τέκνον, οἶδα· καὶ οὗτος ἔσται εἰς λαόν, καὶ οὗτος ὑψωθήσεται· ἀλλὰ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ νεώτερος μείζων αὐτοῦ ἔσται, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἔσται εἰς πλῆθος ἐθνῶν.
Brenton Septuagint
Καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν, ἀλλʼ εἶπεν, οἶδα, τέκνον, οἶδα· καὶ οὗτος ἔσται εἰς λαὸν, καὶ οὗτος ὑψωθήσεται· ἀλλʼ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ νεώτερος μείζον αὐτοῦ ἔσται, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἔσται εἰς πλῆθος ἐθνῶν.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Татэл сэу н-а врут, чи а зис: „Штиу, фиуле, штиу; ши ел ва ажунӂе ун попор, ши ел ва фи маре; дар фрателе луй чел май мик ва фи май маре декыт ел ши сэмынца луй ва ажунӂе о чатэ де нямурь.”
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
І не схотїв отець його, і каже: Знаю, синку. І він буде народом, і він буде великий; но брат його молодший більший над його буде, і насїннє його буде купою народів.
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
І не схотїв отець його, і каже: Знаю, синку. І він буде народом, і він буде великий; но брат його молодший більший над його буде, і насїннє його буде купою народів.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Али отац његов не хте, него рече: Знам, сине, знам; и од њега ће постати народ, и он ће бити велик; али ће млађи брат његов бити већи од њега, и семе ће његово бити велико мноштво народа.
Russian Synodal Bible
Но отец его не согласился и сказал: знаю, сын мой, знаю; и от него произойдет народ, и он будет велик; но меньший его брат будет больше его, и от семени его произойдет многочисленный народ.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
וַיְמָאֵ֣ן אָבִ֗יו וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדַ֤עְתִּֽי בְנִי֙ יָדַ֔עְתִּי גַּם־ה֥וּא יִהְיֶה־לְּעָ֖ם וְגַם־ה֣וּא יִגְדָּ֑ל וְאוּלָ֗ם אָחִ֤יו הַקָּטֹן֙ יִגְדַּ֣ל מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְזַרְעֹ֖ו יִהְיֶ֥ה מְלֹֽא־הַגֹּויִֽם׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
וימאן אביו ויאמר ידעתי בני ידעתי גם הוא יהיה לעם וגם הוא יגדל ואולם אחיו הקטן יגדל ממנו וזרעו יהיה מלא הגוים׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
فَأَبَى أَبُوهُ وَقَالَ: «عَلِمْتُ يَا ٱبْنِي، عَلِمْتُ. هُوَ أَيْضًا يَكُونُ شَعْبًا، وَهُوَ أَيْضًا يَصِيرُ كَبِيرًا. وَلَكِنَّ أَخَاهُ ٱلصَّغِيرَ يَكُونُ أَكْبَرَ مِنْهُ، وَنَسْلُهُ يَكُونُ جُمْهُورًا مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ».
Old Persion Version Bible
اماپدرش ابا نموده، گفت: «میدانمای پسرم! میدانم! او نیز قومی خواهد شد و او نیز بزرگ خواهد گردید، لیکن برادر کهترش از وی بزرگترخواهد شد و ذریت او امتهای بسیار خواهندگردید.»
Judson Burmese Bible
အဘ သည်ငြင်း ၍ ၊ ငါသိ ၏ငါ သား ၊ ငါသိ ၏။ သူသည် ကြီးစွာ သော လူ စုဖြစ် လိမ့်မည်။ သို့သော်လည်း ၊ သူ့ ညီ သည် သူ့ ထက် သာ၍ ကြီးသဖြင့် ၊ သူ ၏ အမျိုး အနွှယ်သည် များစွာ သော လူ အစုစုဖြစ် လိမ့်မည်ဟု ဆို ၏။
Korean Bible 1910
아비가 허락지 아니하여 가로되 `나도 안다 내 아들아 ! 나도 안다 그도 한 족속이 되며 그도 크게 되려니와 그 아우가 그보다 큰 자가 되고 그 자손이 여러 민족을 이루리라` 하고
Japanese Freedom Bible
しかし、父は拒んで言った。「わかっている、私の子よ、わかっている。彼もまた一つの民となり、彼もまた大いなる者となる。しかし、彼の弟は彼よりも大いなる者となり、その子孫は多くの国々の群れとなる。」
World Chinese Bible
他父亲却不肯,说:“我知道,我儿,我知道。他也必成为一族,他也必兴盛;不过他的弟弟必比他更大,他的后裔必成为多国。”
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
他父亲不从,说:「我知道,我儿,我知道。他也必成为一族,也必昌大。只是他的兄弟将来比他还大;他兄弟的后裔要成为多族。」
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
他父親不從,說:「我知道,我兒,我知道。他也必成為一族,也必昌大。只是他的兄弟將來比他還大;他兄弟的後裔要成為多族。」
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
Mas seu pai não quis, e disse: Eu sei, meu filho, eu sei: também ele virá a ser um povo, e será também acrescentado; porém seu irmão mais novo será maior que ele, e sua descendência será plenitude de povos.
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Mashi Bible
Cikwône îshe alahira ederha, erhi: «Mmanyire mwâna wâni, mmanyire, naye àbà ishanja, naye aluga, cikwône mulumuna wâge ye wabà n’obuhashe bunene kumulusha, n’iburha lyâge lyabà mwandu gwa mashanja».
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Aber sein Vater weigerte sich und sprach: Ich weiß es, mein Sohn, ich weiß es wohl! Auch er soll zu einem Volk, und auch er soll groß werden; aber doch soll sein jüngerer Bruder größer werden!
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
Pero su padre no quiso, diciendo: Lo hago a propósito, hijo mío; ciertamente se convertirá en una nación y en una gran persona; pero su hermano menor será más grande que él, y su simiente se convertirá en una gran familia de naciones.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
Pero su padre rehusó y dijo: Lo sé, hijo mío, lo sé. También él será un pueblo y será grande. Sin embargo, su hermano menor será más grande que él, y su descendencia será una multitud de naciones.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
And aviv refused, and said, I know it, beni (my son), I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly achiv hakaton shall be greater than he, and his zera shall become a multitude of Goyim.
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