Then Jacob said to Joseph: “God (A)Almighty appeared to me at (B)Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, and said to me, ‘Behold, I will (C)make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and (D)give this land to your descendants after you (E)as an everlasting possession.’

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Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[a](A) appeared to me at Luz(B) in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me(C) and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.(D) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land(E) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’(F)

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  1. Genesis 48:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai

21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but (A)God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover (B)I have given to you one [a]portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand (C)of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

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  1. Genesis 48:22 Lit. 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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Footnotes

  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.