Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Efrayim and Menasheh, even as Re'uven and Shim`on, will be mine.
Genesis 48:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Your issue, who you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. 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. 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. |
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Efrayim and Menasheh, even as Re'uven and Shim`on, will be mine.
As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Kena`an in the way, when there was still some distance to come to Efrat, and I buried her there in the way to Efrat (the same is Beit-Lechem).*
For the children of Yosef were two tribes, Menasheh and Efrayim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for their livestock and for their substance.