And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes.”
Genesis 48:20 - New Revised Standard Version So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will invoke blessings, saying, ‘God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.’ ” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he blessed them that day, saying, By you shall Israel bless [one another], saying, May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. American Standard Version (1901) And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. Common English Bible Israel blessed them that day, saying, “Through you, Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh. Catholic Public Domain Version And he blessed them at that time, saying: "In you, Israel will be blessed, and it will be said: 'May God treat you like Ephraim, and like Manasseh.' " And he established Ephraim before Manasseh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he blessed them at that time, saying: In thee shall Israel be blessed. And it shall be said: God do to thee as to Ephraim, and as to Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses. |
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes.”
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and numerous, that you may become a company of peoples.
Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your ancestors.
from the tribe of Joseph (that is, from the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi son of Susi;
These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses changed the name of Hoshea son of Nun to Joshua.
On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites:
On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites:
By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, “bowing in worship over the top of his staff.”
The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, since we are a numerous people, whom all along the Lord has blessed?”