Hebrews 11:21
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21 By faith (A)Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, (B)bowing in worship over the head of his staff.
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Genesis 47:29-31
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29 And (A)when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now (B)I have found favor in your sight, (C)put your hand under my thigh and (D)promise to deal kindly and truly with me. (E)Do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but let me lie with my fathers. Carry me out of Egypt and (F)bury me in their burying place.” He answered, “I will do as you have said.” 31 And he said, “Swear to me”; and he swore to him. Then (G)Israel bowed himself upon the head of his bed.[a]
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- Genesis 47:31 Hebrew; Septuagint staff
Genesis 48:1-5
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Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
48 After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, (A)“God Almighty[a] appeared to me at (B)Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you (C)for an everlasting possession.’ 5 And now your (D)two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, (E)are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
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- Genesis 48:3 Hebrew El Shaddai
Genesis 48:14-16
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14 (A)And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, (B)crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). 15 And he blessed Joseph and said,
“The God (C)before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
16 (D)the angel who has (E)redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
and in them let (F)my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them (G)grow into a multitude[a] in the midst of the earth.”
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- Genesis 48:16 Or let them be like fish for multitude
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