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19 But his father refused and said, |I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.| 20 So he blessed them that day, saying, |By you will Israel bless, saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.'| So he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, |I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers. 22 As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.| Genesis 48:19-22, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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