Genesis 48:5 References
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"Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; aEphraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as bReuben and Simeon are.
a Genesis 41:50-52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:1, Joshua 14:4
Genesis 41
50
Now before the year of famine came, atwo sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."
52
He named the second Ephraim, "For," he said, "aGod has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
Genesis 46
20
aNow to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
Genesis 48
1
Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is sick." So he took his two sons aManasseh and Ephraim with him.