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.

“Reuben, you are my firstborn,(A)
    my might, the first sign of my strength,(B)
    excelling in honor,(C) excelling in power.
Turbulent as the waters,(D) you will no longer excel,
    for you went up onto your father’s bed,
    onto my couch and defiled it.(E)

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