Genesis 48:1
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Israel Blesses Manasseh and Ephraim
48 Now it happened after these things that [a]Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons (A)Manasseh and Ephraim with him.
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- Genesis 48:1 Lit one said to Joseph
Genesis 48:5
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5 So now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; (A)Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as (B)Reuben and Simeon are.
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Genesis 48:16
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16 (A)The angel who has redeemed me from all evil,
(B)Bless these boys;
And may my name [a]live on in them,
And the [b]names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And (C)may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
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- Genesis 48:16 Lit be called
- Genesis 48:16 Lit name
Genesis 48:20
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20 (A)And he blessed them that day, saying,
“By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying,
‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’”
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
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