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20 So Jacob blessed both of Joseph's sons that day. He said, ‘In your name Israel's people will give this blessing:

“May God be good to you, just like he was to Ephraim and Manasseh.” ’[a]

In this way, Jacob put Ephraim before Manasseh when he blessed them.

21 Then Jacob said to Joseph, ‘I will die soon. But God will be with you. He will take you back to the land where your ancestors lived. 22 I give to you more than I give to your brothers. I give to you the good part of the land that I took from the Amorites.[b] I fought against them with my weapons to take that land.’

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Footnotes

  1. 48:20 Jacob is saying that God will do good things for Ephraim and Manasseh. And people will remember how good God was to them.
  2. 48:22 Jacob is giving to Joseph an extra part of the land of Canaan.