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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Footnotes

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

21 Then Israel told Joseph, “Pay attention! I’m about to die, but God will be with you. He’ll bring you back to the land that belongs to your ancestors. 22 I’m assigning you one portion more than your brothers from the land that I confiscated from the control[a] of the Amorites in battle.”[b]

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  1. Genesis 48:22 Lit. hand
  2. Genesis 48:22 Lit. Amorites with my sword and my bow