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Genesis 48
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– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Israel's Last Days

(Heb 11:21 )

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Gen 48:1 - Now it came^H1961 about after^H310 these^H428 things^H1697 that [fn]Joseph^H3130 was told,^H559 “Behold,^H2009 your father^H1 is sick.”^H2470 So he took^H3947 his two^H8147 sons^H1121 Manasseh^H4519 and Ephraim^H669 with him.

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Gen 48:2 - When [fn]it was told^H5046 to Jacob,^H3290 “Behold,^H2009 your son^H1121 Joseph^H3130 has come^H935 to you,” Israel^H3478 [fn]collected^H2388 his strength^H2388 and sat^H3427 [fn]up in the bed.^H4296

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Gen 48:3 - Then Jacob^H3290 said^H559 to Joseph,^H3130 “[fn]God^H410 Almighty^H7706 appeared^H7200 to me at Luz^H3870 in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667 and blessed^H1288 me,

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Gen 48:4 - and He said^H559 to me, ‘Behold,^H2009 I will make^H6509 you fruitful^H6509 and numerous,^H7235 and I will make^H5414 you a company^H6951 of peoples,^H5971 and will give^H5414 this^H2088 land^H776 to your [fn]descendants^H2233 after^H310 you for an everlasting^H5769 possession.’^H272

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Gen 48:5 - “Now^H6258 your two^H8147 sons,^H1121 who were born^H3205 to you in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 before^H5704 I came^H935 to you in Egypt,^H4714 are mine; Ephraim^H669 and Manasseh^H4519 shall be mine, as Reuben^H7205 and Simeon^H8095 are.

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Gen 48:6 - “But your offspring^H4138 that [fn]have been born^H3205 after^H310 them shall be yours; they shall be called^H7121 by the [fn]names^H8034 of their brothers^H251 in their inheritance.^H5159

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Gen 48:7 - “Now as for me, when I came^H935 from Paddan,^H6307 Rachel^H7354 died,^H4191 [fn]to my sorrow,^H5921 in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667 on the journey,^H1870 when there was still^H5750 some^H3530 distance^H3530^H776 to go^H935 to Ephrath;^H672 and I buried^H6912 her there^H8033 on the way^H1870 to Ephrath^H672 (that is, Bethlehem).”^H1035

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Gen 48:8 - When Israel^H3478 saw^H7200 Joseph’s^H3130 sons,^H1121 he said,^H559 “Who^H4310 are these?”^H428

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Gen 48:9 - Joseph^H3130 said^H559 to his father,^H1 “They are my sons,^H1121 whom^H834 God^H430 has given^H5414 me here.”^H2088 So he said,^H559 “Bring^H3947 them to me, please,^H4994 that I may bless^H1288 them.”

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Gen 48:10 - Now the eyes^H5869 of Israel^H3478 were so dim^H3513 from age^H2207 that he could^H3201 not see.^H7200 Then [fn]Joseph brought^H5066 them close^H5066 to him, and he kissed^H5401 them and embraced^H2263 them.

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Gen 48:11 - Israel^H3478 said^H559 to Joseph,^H3130 “I never^H3808 [fn]expected^H6419 to see^H7200 your face,^H6440 and behold,^H2009 God^H430 has let me see^H7200 your [fn]children^H2233 as well.”^H1571

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Gen 48:12 - Then Joseph^H3130 [fn]took^H3318 them from his knees,^H1290 and bowed^H7812 with his face^H639 to the ground.^H776

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Gen 48:13 - Joseph^H3130 took^H3947 them both,^H8147 Ephraim^H669 with his right^H3225 hand^H3225 toward^H4480 Israel’s^H3478 left,^H8040 and Manasseh^H4519 with his left^H8040 hand^H8040 toward^H4480 Israel’s^H3478 right,^H3225 and brought^H5066 them close^H5066 to him.

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Gen 48:14 - But Israel^H3478 stretched^H7971 out his right^H3225 hand^H3225 and laid^H7896 it on the head^H7218 of Ephraim,^H669 who^H1931 was the younger,^H6810 and his left^H8040 hand^H8040 on Manasseh’s^H4519 head,^H7218 [fn]crossing^H7919 his hands,^H3027 [fn]although^H3588 Manasseh^H4519 was the firstborn.^H1060

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Gen 48:15 - He blessed^H1288 Joseph,^H3130 and said,^H559
“The God^H430 before^H6440 whom^H834 my fathers^H1 Abraham^H85 and Isaac^H3327 walked,^H1980
The God^H430 who has been my shepherd^H7462 [fn]all^H4480^H5750 my life^H5750 to this^H2088 day,^H3117

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Gen 48:16 - The angel^H4397 who has redeemed^H1350 me from all^H3605 evil,^H7451
Bless^H1288 the lads;^H5288
And may my name^H8034 [fn]live^H7121 on in them,
And the [fn]names^H8034 of my fathers^H1 Abraham^H85 and Isaac;^H3327
And may they grow^H1711 into a multitude^H7230 in the midst^H7130 of the earth.”^H776

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Gen 48:17 - When Joseph^H3130 saw^H7200 that his father^H1 laid^H7896 his right^H3225 hand^H3027 on Ephraim’s^H669 head,^H7218 it displeased^H7489 him; and he grasped^H8551 his father’s^H1 hand^H3027 to remove^H5493 it from Ephraim’s^H669 head^H7218 to Manasseh’s^H4519 head.^H7218

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Gen 48:18 - Joseph^H3130 said^H559 to his father,^H1 “Not so,^H3651 my father,^H1 for this^H2088 one^H2088 is the firstborn.^H1060 Place^H7760 your right^H3225 hand^H3225 on his head.”^H7218

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Gen 48:19 - But his father^H1 refused^H3985 and said,^H559 “I know,^H3045 my son,^H1121 I know;^H3045 he also^H1571 will become^H1961 a people^H5971 and he also^H1571 will be great.^H1431 However,^H199 his younger^H6996 brother^H251 shall be greater^H1431 than^H4480 he, and his [fn]descendants^H2233 shall become^H1961 a [fn]multitude^H4393 of nations.”^H1471

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Gen 48:20 - He blessed^H1288 them that day,^H3117 saying,^H559
“By you Israel^H3478 will pronounce^H1288 blessing,^H1288 saying,^H559
‘May God^H430 make^H7760 you like Ephraim^H669 and Manasseh!’”^H4519
Thus he put^H7760 Ephraim^H669 before^H6440 Manasseh.^H4519

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Gen 48:21 - Then Israel^H3478 said^H559 to Joseph,^H3130 “Behold,^H2009 I am about to die,^H4191 but God^H430 will be with you, and bring^H7725 you back^H7725 to the land^H776 of your fathers.^H1

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Gen 48:22 - “I give^H5414 you one^H259 [fn]portion^H7926 more^H5921 than^H5921 your brothers,^H251 which^H834 I took^H3947 from the hand^H3027 of the Amorite^H567 with my sword^H2719 and my bow.”^H7198

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NASB95 Footnotes

(48:1)

Literally: one said to Joseph

(48:2)

Literally: one told Jacob and said

(48:2)

Literally: strengthened himself

(48:2)

Literally: upon the bed

(48:3)

Hebrew: El Shaddai

(48:4)

Literally: seed

(48:6)

Literally: you have begotten

Literally: name

Literally: upon me

Literally: he

Literally: meditated, judged

(48:11)

Literally: seed

(48:12)

Literally: made them come out

(48:14)

Or, consciously directing

(48:14)

Literally: when

(48:15)

Literally: from the continuance of me

(48:16)

Literally: be called

(48:16)

Literally: name

(48:19)

Literally: seed

(48:19)

Literally: fullness

(48:22)

Or, ridge; lit shoulder; Heb Shechem

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Genesis 48
NASB95
– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)