And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born unto you in the land of Egypt before I came unto you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
Genesis 48:6 - King James 2000 And your offspring, which you begat after them, shall be yours, and shall 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. |
And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born unto you in the land of Egypt before I came unto you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for their cattle and for their possessions.