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Genesis 48:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, "

Genesis 48:3

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1 After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

2 Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.

3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’

5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

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Genesis 48:1

"After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim."

Genesis 48:2

"Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed."

Genesis 48:4

"and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’"

Genesis 48:5

"Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine."

Genesis 48:6

"Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance."

Genesis 48:7

"As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”"

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