And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
Genesis 48:6 - 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. Matoleo zaidiKing 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, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance.