Genesis 48
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Genesis 48:3-7

3Then JacobH3290 saidH559 to JosephH3130, “12GodH410 AlmightyH7706 appearedH7200 to me at 3LuzH3870 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667 and blessedH1288 me, 4and He saidH559 to me, ‘BeholdH2009, I will makeH6509 you fruitfulH6509 and numerousH7235, and I will makeH5414 you a multitudeH6951 of peoplesH5971, and will giveH5414 thisH2088 landH776 to your 4descendantsH2233 afterH310 you as 5an everlastingH5769 possessionH272.’ 5NowH6258 your twoH8147 sonsH1121, who were bornH3205 to you in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 beforeH5704 I cameH935 to you in EgyptH4714, are mine; 6EphraimH669 and ManassehH4519 shall be mine, as 7ReubenH7205 and SimeonH8095 are. 6But your childrenH4138 that you have fatheredH3205 afterH310 them shall be yours; they shall be calledH7121 by the 8namesH8034 of their brothersH251 in their inheritanceH5159. 7Now as for me, when I cameH935 from 9PaddanH6307, 10RachelH7354 diedH4191, 11to my sorrowH5921, in the landH776 of CanaanH3667 on the journeyH1870, when there was stillH5750 someH3530 distanceH3530H776 to goH935 to EphrathH672. I buriedH6912 her thereH8033 on the wayH1870 to EphrathH672 (that is, BethlehemH1035).”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 48:3 Heb El Shaddai ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 48:3 Gen 28:13f; 35:9-12 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 48:3 Gen 28:19; 35:6 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 48:4 Lit seed ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 48:4 Gen 17:8 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 48:5 Gen 41:50-52; 46:20; 48:1; Josh 14:4 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 48:5 1 Chr 5:1, 2 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 48:6 Lit name ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 48:7 Gen 33:18 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 48:7 Gen 35:19, 20 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 48:7 Lit upon me ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 48

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