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Genesis 46:20
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Genesis 46:20
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Genesis 41:50-52
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Genesis 41:50-52
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50 Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.(A) 51 Joseph named his firstborn(B) Manasseh[a](C) and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” 52 The second son he named Ephraim[b](D) and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful(E) in the land of my suffering.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for forget.
- Genesis 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for twice fruitful.
Genesis 41:45
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Genesis 41:45
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45 Pharaoh gave Joseph(A) the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest(B) of On,[a](C) to be his wife.(D) And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Genesis 41:45 That is, Heliopolis; also in verse 50
1 Chronicles 7:14-29
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1 Chronicles 7:14-29
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Manasseh
14 The descendants of Manasseh:(A)
Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.(B) 15 Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah.
Another descendant was named Zelophehad,(C) who had only daughters.
16 Makir’s wife Maakah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 The son of Ulam:
Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead(D) son of Makir, the son of Manasseh. 18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer(E) and Mahlah.
19 The sons of Shemida(F) were:
Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.
Ephraim
20 The descendants of Ephraim:(G)
Shuthelah, Bered his son,
Tahath his son, Eleadah his son,
Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son
and Shuthelah his son.
Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock. 22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23 Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah,[a] because there had been misfortune in his family. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon(H) as well as Uzzen Sheerah.
25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,[b]
Telah his son, Tahan his son,
26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son,
Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son
and Joshua his son.
28 Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer(I) and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages. 29 Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan,(J) Taanach, Megiddo and Dor,(K) together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for misfortune.
- 1 Chronicles 7:25 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew does not have his son.
1 Chronicles 5:23-26
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1 Chronicles 5:23-26
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The Half-Tribe of Manasseh
23 The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh(A) were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).(B)
24 These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families. 25 But they were unfaithful(C) to the God of their ancestors and prostituted(D) themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit(E) of Pul(F) king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser(G) king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah,(H) Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.
Deuteronomy 33:13-17
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Deuteronomy 33:13-17
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13 About Joseph(A) he said:
“May the Lord bless his land
with the precious dew from heaven above
and with the deep waters that lie below;(B)
14 with the best the sun brings forth
and the finest the moon can yield;
15 with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains(C)
and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;
16 with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.(D)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of the prince among[a] his brothers.(E)
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
his horns(F) are the horns of a wild ox.(G)
With them he will gore(H) the nations,
even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;(I)
such are the thousands of Manasseh.(J)”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 33:16 Or of the one separated from
Numbers 26:28-37
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Numbers 26:28-37
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28 The descendants of Joseph(A) by their clans through Manasseh and Ephraim(B) were:
29 The descendants of Manasseh:(C)
through Makir,(D) the Makirite clan (Makir was the father of Gilead(E));
through Gilead, the Gileadite clan.
30 These were the descendants of Gilead:(F)
through Iezer,(G) the Iezerite clan;
through Helek, the Helekite clan;
31 through Asriel, the Asrielite clan;
through Shechem, the Shechemite clan;
32 through Shemida, the Shemidaite clan;
through Hepher, the Hepherite clan.
33 (Zelophehad(H) son of Hepher had no sons;(I) he had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah.)(J)
34 These were the clans of Manasseh; those numbered were 52,700.(K)
35 These were the descendants of Ephraim(L) by their clans:
through Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan;
through Beker, the Bekerite clan;
through Tahan, the Tahanite clan.
36 These were the descendants of Shuthelah:
through Eran, the Eranite clan.
37 These were the clans of Ephraim;(M) those numbered were 32,500.
These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.
Numbers 1:32-35
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Numbers 1:32-35
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32 From the sons of Joseph:(A)
From the descendants of Ephraim:(B)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 33 The number from the tribe of Ephraim(C) was 40,500.
34 From the descendants of Manasseh:(D)
All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. 35 The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.
Genesis 48:20
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Genesis 48:20
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20 He blessed(A) them that day(B) and said,
“In your[a] name will Israel(C) pronounce this blessing:(D)
‘May God make you like Ephraim(E) and Manasseh.(F)’”
So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
Footnotes
- Genesis 48:20 The Hebrew is singular.
Genesis 48:13-14
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Genesis 48:13-14
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13 And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand,(A) and brought them close to him. 14 But Israel(B) reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head,(C) though he was the younger,(D) and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.(E)
Genesis 48:4-5
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Genesis 48:4-5
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4 and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.(A) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land(B) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’(C)
5 “Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt(D) before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine,(E) just as Reuben(F) and Simeon(G) are mine.
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