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Genesis 48:20

American Standard Version

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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Genesis 48:20 in other translations

He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in you, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’ ” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 48:20 · World English Bible

Genesis 48:20 in context

  1. 18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
  2. 19And 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.
  3. 20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
  4. 21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
  5. 22Moreover 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.