Therefore, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came here to you, will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be treated by me just like Reuben and Simeon.
Genesis 48:6 - Catholic Public Domain Version But the remainder, whom you will conceive after them, will be yours, and they will be called by the name of their brothers among their possessions. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But other sons who may be born after them shall be your own; and they shall be called after the names of these [two] brothers and reckoned as belonging to them [when they come] into their inheritance. American Standard Version (1901) And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. Common English Bible Your family who is born to you after them are yours, but their inheritance will be determined under their brothers’ names. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the rest, whom thou shalt have after them, shall be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions. English Standard Version 2016 And the children that you fathered after them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. |
Therefore, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came here to you, will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be treated by me just like Reuben and Simeon.
As for me, when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the very journey, and it was springtime. And I entered Ephrath and buried her next to the way of Ephrath, which by another name is called Bethlehem."
For by succession, the sons of Joseph, in their place, were divided into two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. But the Levites did not receive another portion of land, except cities in which to live, and their suburbs, so as to feed their beasts of burden and cattle.