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21 And Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.[a] 22 And I have given to you one slope of land rather than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorites by my sword and with my bow.”

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  1. Genesis 48:21 Or “fathers”

21 Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.(A) 22 Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope[a] that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”(B)

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  1. 48:22 Or Shechem, Joseph’s burial place; lit one shoulder

21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you[a](A) and take you[b] back to the land of your[c] fathers.(B) 22 And to you I give one more ridge of land[d](C) than to your brothers,(D) the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword(E) and my bow.”

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  1. Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
  3. Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
  4. Genesis 48:22 The Hebrew for ridge of land is identical with the place name Shechem.