Context 3Then Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, 4and He said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession. 5Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. 6But your offspring that have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance. 7Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 8When Israel saw Josephs sons, he said, Who are these? 9Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. So he said, Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them. 10Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them. 11Israel said to Joseph, I never expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your children as well. 12Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground. 13Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israels left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israels right, and brought them close to him. 14But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manassehs head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn. 15He blessed Joseph, and said, 16The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, 17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraims head, it displeased him; and he grasped his fathers hand to remove it from Ephraims head to Manassehs head. 18Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head. 19But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations. 20He blessed them that day, saying, 21Then Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers. 22I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, Douay-Rheims Bible And when Joseph was come in to him, he said : God Almighty appeared to me at Lute, which is in the land of Chanaan: and he blessed me, Darby Bible Translation And Jacob said to Joseph, The Almighty �God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, English Revised Version And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, Webster's Bible Translation And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, World English Bible Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, Young's Literal Translation And Jacob saith unto Joseph, 'God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me, Library Two Retrospects of one Life'And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been.'--GENESIS xlvii. 9. 'The God which fed me all my life long unto this day; the Angel which redeemed me from all evil.' --GENESIS xlviii. 15,16. These are two strangely different estimates of the same life to be taken by the same man. In the latter Jacob categorically contradicts everything that he had said in the former. 'Few and evil,' he said before Pharaoh. 'All my life long,' 'the Angel which redeemed me from … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture A Calm Evening, Promising a Bright Morning The Wonderful. Blessing Children. Concerning Childlikeness. And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah Gen. xxxi. 11 Jesus Sets Out from Judæa for Galilee. Genesis Links Genesis 48:3 NIV • Genesis 48:3 NLT • Genesis 48:3 ESV • Genesis 48:3 NASB • Genesis 48:3 KJV • Genesis 48:3 Bible Apps • Genesis 48:3 Parallel • Bible Hub |