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Jacob Blesses Manasseh and Ephraim •
GENESIS 48:1-22
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17 But Joseph was upset when he saw that his
father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head.
So Joseph lifted it to move it from Ephraim’s
head to Manasseh’s head. 18 “No, my father,” he
said. “This one is the firstborn. Put your right
hand on his head.”
19 But his father refused. “I know, my son;
I know,” he replied. “Manasseh will also become
a great people, but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will
become a multitude of nations.”
20 So Jacob blessed the boys that day with this
blessing: “The people of Israel will use your
names when they give a blessing. They will say,
‘May God make you as prosperous as Ephraim
and Manasseh.’” In this way, Jacob put Ephraim
ahead of Manasseh.
21 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “Look, I am about
to die, but God will be with you and will take you
back to Canaan, the land of your ancestors. 22And
beyond what I have given your brothers, I am giving you an extra portion of the land* that I took
from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
Jacob Blesses His Sons • GENESIS 49:1-28
Then Jacob called together all his sons and said,
“Gather around me, and I will tell you what will
happen to each of you in the days to come.
1
2
“Come and listen, you sons of Jacob;
listen to Israel, your father.
3
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength,
the child of my vigorous youth.
You are first in rank and first in power.
But you are as unruly as a flood,
and you will be first no longer.
For you went to bed with my wife;
you defiled my marriage couch.
4
DIVIDED
KINGDOM
48:2 Hebrew Israel; also in 48:8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 21. See note on 35:21.
48:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai. 48:4 Hebrew seed; also in 48:19. 48:7 Hebrew
Paddan, referring to Paddan-aram; compare Gen 35:9. 48:22 Or an
extra ridge of land. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
KINGDOM
EXODUS
PATRIARCH
PATRIARCH
CREATION
1 One day not long after this, word came to Joseph, “Your father is failing rapidly.” So Joseph
went to visit his father, and he took with him his
two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 When Joseph arrived, Jacob was told, “Your
son Joseph has come to see you.” So Jacob* gathered his strength and sat up in his bed.
3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty* appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and
blessed me. 4 He said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful, and I will multiply your descendants. I will
make you a multitude of nations. And I will give
this land of Canaan to your descendants* after
you as an everlasting possession.’
5 “Now I am claiming as my own sons these
two boys of yours, Ephraim and Manasseh, who
were born here in the land of Egypt before I arrived. They will be my sons, just as Reuben and
Simeon are. 6 But any children born to you in the
future will be your own, and they will inherit
land within the territories of their brothers
Ephraim and Manasseh.
7 “Long ago, as I was returning from Paddanaram,* Rachel died in the land of Canaan. We
were still on the way, some distance from Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). So with great sorrow
I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath.”
8 Then Jacob looked over at the two boys. “Are
these your sons?” he asked.
9 “Yes,” Joseph told him, “these are the sons
God has given me here in Egypt.”
And Jacob said, “Bring them closer to me, so
I can bless them.”
10 Jacob was half blind because of his age and
could hardly see. So Joseph brought the boys
close to him, and Jacob kissed and embraced
them. 11 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “I never
thought I would see your face again, but now
God has let me see your children, too!”
12 Joseph moved the boys, who were at their
grandfather’s knees, and he bowed with his face
to the ground. 13 Then he positioned the boys in
front of Jacob. With his right hand he directed
Ephraim toward Jacob’s left hand, and with his
left hand he put Manasseh at Jacob’s right hand.
14 But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out
to lay his hands on the boys’ heads. He put his
right hand on the head of Ephraim, though he
was the younger boy, and his left hand on the
head of Manasseh, though he was the firstborn.
15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,
“May the God before whom my grandfather
Abraham
and my father, Isaac, walked—
the God who has been my shepherd
all my life, to this very day,
the Angel who has redeemed me from
all harm—
may he bless these boys.
May they preserve my name
and the names of Abraham and Isaac.
And may their descendants multiply
greatly
throughout the earth.”
JUDGES
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CONQUEST
JANUARY 18
