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Genesis 48:18-20
New King James Version
Genesis 48:18-20
New King James Version
18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
19 But his father refused and said, (A)“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly (B)his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”
20 So he blessed them that day, saying, (C)“By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’ ” And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
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