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A Pretty Big Deal by Megan Marshman

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            <div class="label">48</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Manasseh and Ephraim</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.48.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Some time later Joseph was told, &#8220;Your father is ill.&#8221; So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.48.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Jacob was told, &#8220;Your son Joseph has come to you,&#8221; Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.48.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.48.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jacob said to Joseph, &#8220;God Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">El-Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.48.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and said to me, &#8216;I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.48.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.48.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.48.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.48.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As I was returning from Paddan,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia</span></span></span><span class="content"> to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath&#8221; (that is, Bethlehem).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.48.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.48.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, &#8220;Who are these?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.48.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.48.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;They are the sons God has given me here,&#8221; Joseph said to his father.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.48.9"><span class="content">Then Israel said, &#8220;Bring them to me so I may bless them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.48.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now Israel&#8217;s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.48.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.48.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Joseph removed them from Israel&#8217;s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel&#8217;s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel&#8217;s right hand, and brought them close to him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.48.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim&#8217;s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh&#8217;s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.48.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then he blessed Joseph and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">&#8220;May the God before whom my fathers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">the God who has been my shepherd</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">all my life to this day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.48.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the Angel who has delivered me from all harm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">&#8212;may he bless these boys.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">May they be called by my name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">and may they increase greatly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.48.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim&#8217;s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father&#8217;s hand to move it from Ephraim&#8217;s head to Manasseh&#8217;s head. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Joseph said to him, &#8220;No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.48.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.48.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But his father refused and said, &#8220;I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He blessed them that day and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="content">&#8220;In your</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:20 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is singular.</span></span></span><span class="content"> name will Israel pronounce this blessing:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="content">&#8216;May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="content">So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.48.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.48.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;I am about to die, but God will be with you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:21 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and take you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:21 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> back to the land of your</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:21 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> fathers. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.48.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And to you I give one more ridge of land</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">48:22 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">ridge of land </span><span class="ft">is identical with the place name Shechem.</span></span></span><span class="content"> than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch49" data-usfm="GEN.49.29+GEN.49.30+GEN.49.31+GEN.49.32+GEN.49.33">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.49.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then he gave them these instructions: &#8220;I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.49.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.49.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.49.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the descendants of Heth</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.49.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.49.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HEB.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph&#8217;s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HEB.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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