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Genesis 48:20
Genesis 48:20 is verse 20 of Genesis chapter 48, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
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Genesis 48:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 “Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
19 But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
20 So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
22 And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 24:60And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
Ruth 4:11“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
Ruth 4:12And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
Numbers 2:18On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,
Numbers 2:19and his division numbers 40,500.
Numbers 2:20The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
Numbers 2:21and his division numbers 32,200.
Numbers 7:48On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.
Numbers 7:54On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.
Numbers 10:22Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
Numbers 10:23Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
Numbers 13:8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
Numbers 13:11from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
Numbers 13:16These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.