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GEN 48:1
Genesis 48:1
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And it came to pass after these things, that
one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons,
Manasseh and Ephraim. |
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GEN 48:2
Genesis 48:2
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And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son
Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. |
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GEN 48:3
Genesis 48:3
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And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared
unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, |
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GEN 48:4
Genesis 48:4
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And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,
and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give
this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. |
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GEN 48:5
Genesis 48:5
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And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,
which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt,
are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. |
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GEN 48:6
Genesis 48:6
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And thy issue, which thou begettest after them,
shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their
inheritance. |
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GEN 48:7
Genesis 48:7
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And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel
died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way
to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is
Bethlehem. |
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GEN 48:8
Genesis 48:8
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And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who
are these? |
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GEN 48:9
Genesis 48:9
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And Joseph said unto his father, They are my
sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee,
unto me, and I will bless them. |
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GEN 48:10
Genesis 48:10
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Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so
that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them,
and embraced them. |
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GEN 48:11
Genesis 48:11
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And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought
to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. |
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GEN 48:12
Genesis 48:12
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And Joseph brought them out from between his
knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. |
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GEN 48:13
Genesis 48:13
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And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right
hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's
right hand, and brought them near unto him. |
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GEN 48:14
Genesis 48:14
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And Israel stretched out his right hand, and
laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's
head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. |
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GEN 48:15
Genesis 48:15
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And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before
whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long
unto this day, |
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GEN 48:16
Genesis 48:16
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The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless
the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham
and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. |
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GEN 48:17
Genesis 48:17
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And when Joseph saw that his father laid his
right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's
hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. |
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GEN 48:18
Genesis 48:18
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And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my
father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. |
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GEN 48:19
Genesis 48:19
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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. |
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GEN 48:20
Genesis 48:20
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And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee
shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set
Ephraim before Manasseh. |
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GEN 48:21
Genesis 48:21
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die:
but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. |
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GEN 48:22
Genesis 48:22
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Moreover I have given to thee one portion above
thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with
my bow. |
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