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         <div class="p"><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="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Jacob called for his sons and said: &#8220;Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.49.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="content">listen to your father Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.49.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Reuben, you are my firstborn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">my might, the first sign of my strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">excelling in honor, excelling in power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.49.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">for you went up onto your father&#8217;s bed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">onto my couch and defiled it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.49.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Simeon and Levi are brothers&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="content">their swords</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:5 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> are weapons of violence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.49.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let me not enter their council,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">let me not join their assembly,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">for they have killed men in their anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.49.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Cursed be their anger, so fierce,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and their fury, so cruel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">I will scatter them in Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">and disperse them in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.49.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Judah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:8 </span><span class="fq">Judah </span><span class="ft">sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">praise</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> your brothers will praise you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">your father&#8217;s sons will bow down to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.49.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You are a lion&#8217;s cub, Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">you return from the prey, my son.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">Like a lion he crouches and lies down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">like a lioness&#8212;who dares to rouse him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.49.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The scepter will not depart from Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">nor the ruler&#8217;s staff from between his feet,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from his descendants</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">until he to whom it belongs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to whom tribute belongs</span><span class="ft">; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> shall come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">and the obedience of the nations shall be his.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.49.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He will tether his donkey to a vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his colt to the choicest branch;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">he will wash his garments in wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">his robes in the blood of grapes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.49.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His eyes will be darker than wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.49.12"><span class="content">his teeth whiter than milk.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will be dull from wine, / his teeth white from milk</span></span></span></span></div>
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