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Text -- Genesis 48:1-17 (NET)
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Manasseh and Ephraim
48:1 After these things Joseph was told , “Your father is weakening .” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.
48:2 When Jacob was told , “Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed .
48:3 Jacob said to Joseph , “The sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
48:4 He said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations , and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession .’
48:5 “Now , as for your two sons , who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt , they will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are .
48:6 Any children that you father after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance .
48:7 But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan , Rachel died – to my sorrow– in the land of Canaan . It happened along the way , some distance from Ephrath . So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath ” (that is, Bethlehem ).
48:8 When Israel saw Joseph’s sons , he asked , “Who are these ?”
48:9 Joseph said to his father , “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” His father said , “Bring them to me so I may bless them.”
48:10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age ; he was not able to see well . So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
48:11 Israel said to Joseph , “I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too .”
48:12 So Joseph moved them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground .
48:13 Joseph positioned them ; he put Ephraim on his right hand across from Israel’s left hand , and Manasseh on his left hand across from Israel’s right hand . Then Joseph brought them closer to his father.
48:14 Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head , although he was the younger . Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head , for Manasseh was the firstborn .
48:15 Then he blessed Joseph and said , “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked – the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day ,
48:16 the Angel who has protected me from all harm – bless these boys . May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac . May they grow into a multitude on the earth .”
48:17 When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head , it displeased him. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jacob |
Benedictions |
MANASSEH (2) |
Will |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
Manasseh |
CHARM |
Ephraim |
Birthright |
HAND |
Parents |
Bethlehem |
Intercession |
Firstborn |
Thankfulness |
Quotations and Allusions |
Adoption |
Bless |
RIGHT |
JACOB (1) |
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NET Notes -> Gen 48:1; Gen 48:2; Gen 48:2; Gen 48:3; Gen 48:4; Gen 48:4; Gen 48:4; Gen 48:4; Gen 48:5; Gen 48:6; Gen 48:6; Gen 48:6; Gen 48:7; Gen 48:7; Gen 48:9; Gen 48:9; Gen 48:9; Gen 48:10; Gen 48:10; Gen 48:10; Gen 48:10; Gen 48:10; Gen 48:11; Gen 48:11; Gen 48:11; Gen 48:12; Gen 48:13; Gen 48:13; Gen 48:14; Gen 48:15; Gen 48:16; Gen 48:16; Gen 48:16; Gen 48:17
NET Notes: Gen 48:1 Heb “and one said.” With no expressed subject in the Hebrew text, the verb can be translated with the passive voice.
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NET Notes: Gen 48:3 Heb “El Shaddai.” See the extended note on the phrase “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1.
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NET Notes: Gen 48:4 The Hebrew word אֲחֻזָּה (’akhuzzah), translated “possession,” describes a permanent...
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NET Notes: Gen 48:5 They will be mine. Jacob is here adopting his two grandsons Manasseh and Ephraim as his sons, and so they will have equal share with the other brother...
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NET Notes: Gen 48:6 Listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. This means that any subsequent children of Joseph will be incorporated into the tribes ...
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NET Notes: Gen 48:10 Heb “and he”; the referent (Joseph’s father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Gen 48:12 Heb “and Joseph brought them out from with his knees.” The two boys had probably been standing by Israel’s knees when being adopted ...
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NET Notes: Gen 48:13 Heb “and he brought near to him.” The referents of the pronouns “he” and “him” (Joseph and his father respectively...
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NET Notes: Gen 48:15 Heb “shepherded me.” The verb has been translated as an English noun for stylistic reasons.
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