Verse 11

And all the people at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da sa hele folkemengden som var ved byporten, sammen med de eldste: 'Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren la kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus bli som Rakel og Lea, som bygde Israel. Måtte du handle med velvilje i Efrata og få et kjent navn i Betlehem!'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og alt folket ved porten og de eldste sa: «Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren gjøre kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus lik Rakel og Lea, som begge bygget Israels hus. Måtte du være mektig i Efrata og berømt i Betlehem.

• Norsk King James

  Og folket som var i porten, og de eldste, sa: 'Vi er vitner. Må Herren gjøre kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, lik Rachel og Leah, som bygget opp Israels hus. Må du handle med verdighet i Ephrata og bli kjent i Betlehem.'

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Alle som var ved porten, inkludert de eldste, sa: 'Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren gjøre kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, som Rakel og Lea, som begge bygget opp Israels hus! Måtte du bli velstående i Efrata og kjent i Betlehem!

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Alt folket som var i porten og de eldste sa: 'Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren la kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, være som Rakel og Lea, de som bygde Israels hus! Måtte du ha framgang i Efrata og få et navn i Betlehem!

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Alle folket ved porten og de eldste sa: Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren gjøre den kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, som Rakel og Lea, de to som bygde huset Israel. Måtte du lykkes i Efrata og bli berømt i Betlehem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Alle som var ved porten, både folk og eldste, sa: «Vi er vitner.» Må Herren gjøre kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, til å ligne Rachel og Leah, de to som bygde Israels hus; og måtte du handle hederlig i Ephrata og bli kjent i Betlehem.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Alle folket ved porten og de eldste sa: Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren gjøre den kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, som Rakel og Lea, de to som bygde huset Israel. Måtte du lykkes i Efrata og bli berømt i Betlehem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Alt folket i porten og de eldste sa: 'Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren la kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, bli som Rakel og Lea, de som begge bygde Israels hus. Måtte du gjøre det vel i Efrata og bli berømt i Betlehem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  All the people who were at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hele folket som var ved porten, og de eldste sa: «Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren gjøre den kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, som Rakel og Lea, som begge bygde opp Israels hus. Måtte du gjøre deg vel ansett i Efrata og få et berømt navn i Betlehem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og alt Folket, som var i Porten, og de Ældste sagde: (Vi ere) Vidner; Herren give, at den Qvinde, der kommer i dit Huus, (maa blive) som Rachel og som Lea, hvilke begge byggede Israels Huus! og bliv du mægtig i Ephratha, og bliv navnkundig i Bethlehem!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og alle folket ved porten og de eldste sa: «Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren gjøre kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus lik Rakel og Lea, de som bygde Israels hus, og måtte du gjøre ære i Efrata og bli kjent i Betlehem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Alle folket som var i porten, og de eldste, sa: «Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren gjøre kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, som Rakel og Lea, som begge bygget Israels hus; og måtte du gjøre det godt i Efrata og bli berømt i Betlehem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og alt folket som var i porten, og de eldste, sa: 'Vitner! Må Herren gjøre kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus som Rakel og som Lea, som begge bygde Israels hus. Må du gjøre store gjerninger i Efrata og bli berømt i Betlehem;

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og alt folket som var ved porten, og de eldste sa: Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren gjøre at kvinnen som kommer inn i ditt hus, blir som Rakel og Lea, de to som bygde Israels hus: og gjør du vel i Efrata, og bli anerkjent i Betlehem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Alt folket på den offentlige plassen og de ansvarlige mennene sa: Vi er vitner. Måtte Herren gjøre denne kvinnen, som nå kommer inn i ditt hus, lik Rakel og Lea, som begge bygget opp Israels hus. Måtte du ha rikdom i Efrata, og være stor i Betlehem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And all the people that was in the gate with the Elders, saide: We are witnesses. The LORDE make the woman that commeth in to thy house, as Rachel and Lea ( which both haue buylded vp the house of Israel) that she maye be an ensample of vertue in Ephrata, and haue an honorable name in Bethleem.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And all the people that were in the gate, and the Elders sayd, We are witnesses: the Lorde make the wife that commeth into thine house, like Rahel and like Leah, which twaine did build the house of Israel: & that thou mayest doe worthily in Ephrathah, & be famous in Beth-lehem,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, sayde, We are witnesses: The Lord make the woma that is come into thyne house, lyke Rahel and Lea, whiche twayne dyd buylde the house of Israel: & that thou mayest do worthyly in Ephrata, and be famous in Bethlehem.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And all the people who `are' in the gate say -- also the elders -- `Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;

• World English Bible (2000)

  All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied,“We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 29:32-30:24 : 32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely the LORD has looked upon my affliction; now my husband will love me. 33 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Because the LORD has heard that I was unloved, He has therefore given me this son also; and she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons; therefore his name was called Levi. 35 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now I will praise the LORD; therefore she called his name Judah; and she stopped bearing. 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die." 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?" 3 She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah; go into her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her." 4 She gave him Bilhah her maid as a wife, and Jacob went into her. 5 Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore, she named him Dan. 7 Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Rachel said, "With great struggles have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed." She named him Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son. 11 Leah said, "A troop comes," and she named him Gad. 12 Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a second son. 13 Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." She named him Asher. 14 Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, bringing them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes." 15 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? Would you also take away my son's mandrakes?" Rachel said, "Therefore, he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes." 16 Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come to me, for surely I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." He lay with her that night. 17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I have given my maid to my husband." She named him Issachar. 19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry; now my husband will dwell with me because I have born him six sons." She named him Zebulun. 21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter and named her Dinah. 22 God remembered Rachel, listened to her, and opened her womb. 23 She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach." 24 She named him Joseph and said, "The LORD shall add to me another son."
• Gen 35:16-20 : 16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was only a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel was in labor, and she had hard labor. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Do not fear; you shall have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
• Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty warrior, so are the children of one's youth. 5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with their enemies in the gate.
• Ps 128:3-6 : 3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine by the sides of your house; your children like olive plants around your table. 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD. 5 The LORD shall bless you out of Zion; and you shall see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 6 Yes, you shall see your children's children, and peace upon Israel.
• Deut 25:9 : 9 Then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his shoe from his foot, spit in his face, and shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.'
• Mic 5:2 : 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to me the one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origins have been from of old, from everlasting.
• Matt 2:6 : 6 And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule my people Israel.
• Ruth 1:2 : 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and remained there.
• Gen 24:60 : 60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands; and may your descendants possess the gates of those who hate them."
• Ps 132:6 : 6 Behold, we heard of it at Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of the woods.
• Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.
• Gen 46:8-9 : 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Phallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 And the sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola, Phuvah, Job, and Shimron. 14 And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padanaram, along with his daughter Dinah: all the descendants of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. 16 And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17 And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On, bore to him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the descendants were fourteen. 23 And the sons of Dan: Hushim. 24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls were seven. 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
• Num 26:1-9 : 1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, who came out of the land of Egypt. 5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom comes the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and those that were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is the Dathan and Abiram, who were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: 10 And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. 11 Yet the children of Korah did not die. 12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred. 15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand five hundred. 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred. 23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred. 26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred. 28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begot Gilead: of Gilead came the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty-two thousand seven hundred. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and those that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred. 42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred. 44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty-three thousand four hundred. 48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and those that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred. 51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand one thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To many you shall give the more inheritance, and to few you shall give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. 57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bore to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And to Aaron were born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man of those whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.