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Genesis 48:20

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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.

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Genesis 48:20 in other translations

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.

Genesis 48:20 · American Standard Version

Genesis 48:20 in context

  1. 18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
  2. 19His 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.”
  3. 20He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in you, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’ ” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
  4. 21Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
  5. 22Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”