Geneses Chapter 48- Double Share of Joseph

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Geneses Chapter 48- Double Share of Joseph

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Manasseh and Ephraim

1 Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.

2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed. (Jacob got sick, so Joseph came to him with his two sons.)

3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me 4 and said to me, ‘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.’ (Jacob told Joseph how God had blessed him.)

5 “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.

6 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. (Jacob adopted Joseph's two sons as his children. The same inheritance will be given to them.)

7 As I was returning from Paddan, 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” (that is, Bethlehem). (Jacob was compensating his sorrow for the death of Rachel with double share to the children of Joseph.)

8 When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”

9 “They are the sons God has given me here,” Joseph said to his father. Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless them.” (Jacob identified Joseph's two sons, and about to bless them.)

10 Now Israel’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. (Jacob showed his affection for Joseph's sons.)

11 Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.” (It was a blessing for Jacob beyond of his expectation.)

12 Then Joseph removed them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground. (Joseph bowed down to Jacob to show his last filial piety.)

13 And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him. (Joseph brought his two sons to Jacob right and left according to the birth order.)

14 But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn. (Jacob, however, crossed his arms to reach Ephraim with right hand and Manasseh left.)

15 Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

16 the Angel who has delivered me from all harm—may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.” (Jacob blessed them with the covenant blessings which had been given to his family, from Abraham.)

17 When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

18 Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.” (Joseph wanted to change right and left hands of Jacob according to the birth order.)

19 But his father refused and said, “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.”

20 He blessed them that day and said, “In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ ” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh. (But Jacob blessed younger more, maybe he might saw a certain character from Ephraim as he himself was so with Esau. The first birth does not necessarily guarantee any special privilege. Jn. 1:13)

21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers. (Joseph and all others also will be back to Canaan. The land of Canaan is the land of blessing. 12:1-3)

22 And to you I give one more ridge of land (Shechem) than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow(Ch.34).” (Joseph's body will be buried there later. Josh. 24:32)