Genesis 48:12-22

12 Then Joseph removed them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.
13 And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.
14 But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
16 the Angel who has delivered me from all harm —may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.”
17 When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18 Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”
20 He blessed them that day and said, “In your[a] name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ ” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you[b] and take you[c] back to the land of your[d] fathers.
22 And to you I give one more ridge of land[e] than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

Cross References 33

  • 1. Genesis 50:23; Job 3:12
  • 2. S Genesis 19:1; S Genesis 33:3; Genesis 37:10
  • 3. Psalms 16:8; Psalms 73:23; Psalms 110:1; Matthew 25:33
  • 4. S ver 2
  • 5. ver 17,18
  • 6. S Genesis 25:23
  • 7. S Genesis 29:32; S Genesis 41:51
  • 8. S Genesis 24:60; Genesis 17:1
  • 9. S Genesis 5:22
  • 10. Genesis 49:24; 2 Samuel 5:2; Psalms 23:1; Psalms 80:1; Isaiah 40:11; Jeremiah 23:4
  • 11. S Genesis 16:7
  • 12. S Genesis 24:50; 2 Samuel 4:9; Psalms 71:4; Jeremiah 15:21; Daniel 3:17
  • 13. S Genesis 28:3
  • 14. 1 Chronicles 5:1; Ezekiel 47:13; Hebrews 11:21
  • 15. S Genesis 28:13
  • 16. S Genesis 12:2; S Genesis 13:14
  • 17. ver 13
  • 18. S ver 14
  • 19. S ver 14
  • 20. Genesis 17:20
  • 21. S Genesis 25:23
  • 22. S Genesis 12:2
  • 23. S Genesis 24:60
  • 24. Hebrews 11:21
  • 25. S ver 2
  • 26. Leviticus 9:22; Numbers 6:23; Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 21:5
  • 27. Numbers 2:18; Jeremiah 31:9
  • 28. S Genesis 41:51; Numbers 2:20; Numbers 10:23; Ruth 4:11
  • 29. S Genesis 26:3; Genesis 46:4
  • 30. S Genesis 15:16; S Genesis 28:13; Genesis 50:24; Deuteronomy 30:3; Psalms 126:1; Jeremiah 29:14; Ezekiel 34:13
  • 31. Genesis 37:8
  • 32. Joshua 24:32; John 4:5
  • 33. S Genesis 34:26

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. The Hebrew is singular.
  • [b]. The Hebrew is plural.
  • [c]. The Hebrew is plural.
  • [d]. The Hebrew is plural.
  • [e]. The Hebrew for "ridge of land" is identical with the place name Shechem.
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