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Genesis 48:6

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Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

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Genesis 48:6 in other translations

And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

Genesis 48:6 · American Standard Version

Genesis 48:6 in context

  1. 4and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’
  2. 5Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
  3. 6Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
  4. 7As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”
  5. 8Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”