When Israel(A) saw the sons of Joseph,(B) he asked, “Who are these?”

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And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

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“They are the sons God has given me here,”(A) Joseph said to his father.

Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless(B) them.”

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And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

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11 Israel(A) said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again,(B) and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”(C)

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11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

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14 But Israel(A) reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head,(B) though he was the younger,(C) and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.(D)

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14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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20 He blessed(A) them that day(B) and said,

“In your[a] name will Israel(C) pronounce this blessing:(D)
    ‘May God make you like Ephraim(E) and Manasseh.(F)’”

So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:20 The Hebrew is singular.

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

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