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20 So ·Israel [L he] blessed them that day and said,

“When a blessing is given in Israel, they will say:
    ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ ”

In this way he ·made Ephraim greater than [L set Ephraim before] Manasseh.

21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look at me; I am about to die. But God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your fathers. 22 I have given you something that I did not give your brothers—the land of Shechem [or mountain slope; 12:6] that I took from the Amorite people with my sword and my bow [perhaps 34:1–31].”

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