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Genesis 48:19-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 48:19-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe,[a] and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”[b] 20 So he blessed them that day with these words:
The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying,
“May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,”
putting Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.(A)
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- Genesis 48:19 Lit people
- Genesis 48:19 Or a multitude of nations; lit a fullness of nations
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