Genesis 48:22
New International Version
And to you I give one more ridge of land than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”

New Living Translation
And beyond what I have given your brothers, I am giving you an extra portion of the land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

English Standard Version
Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”

Berean Standard Bible
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

King James Bible
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

New King James Version
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

New American Standard Bible
And I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

NASB 1995
“I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

NASB 1977
“And I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

Amplified Bible
Moreover, I have given you [the birthright,] one portion [Shechem, one mountain ridge] more than any of your brothers, which I took [reclaiming it] from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”

Christian Standard Bible
Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

American Standard Version
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, I'm giving you the hillside I captured from the Amorites."

English Revised Version
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I'm giving you one more mountain ridge than your brothers. I took it from the Amorites with my own sword and bow."

Good News Translation
It is to you and not to your brothers that I am giving Shechem, that fertile region which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."

International Standard Version
I'm assigning you one portion more than your brothers from the land that I confiscated from the control of the Amorites in battle."

Majority Standard Bible
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

NET Bible
As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."

New Heart English Bible
Moreover, I give to you one portion more than your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow."

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

World English Bible
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.”

Young's Literal Translation
and I -- I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And I gave to thee one shoulder over thy brethren, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite a with my sword and bow.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I give you one part beyond that of your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

New American Bible
As for me, I give to you, as to the one above his brothers, Shechem, which I captured from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

New Revised Standard Version
I now give to you one portion more than to your brothers, the portion that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Moreover I have given to you one portion of the land more than our brothers, which I took from the and of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I, behold, I have given you one part more than your brethren, which I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I give to thee Sicima, a select portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers. 22And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Cross References
Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

John 4:5
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Genesis 33:19
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

Genesis 34:28
They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.

Genesis 49:26
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Deuteronomy 21:17
Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

1 Chronicles 5:2
And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

Hebrews 11:21
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

John 4:12
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Acts 7:15-16
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. / Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

Genesis 28:13
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.


Treasury of Scripture

Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

given.

Genesis 33:19
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

Deuteronomy 21:17
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

Amorite.

Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Genesis 34:28
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

Joshua 17:14-18
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? …

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Genesis 48
1. Joseph with his sons visits his sick father.
2. Jacob strengthens himself to bless them.
3. He repeats God's promise.
5. He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own sons.
7. He tells Joseph of his mother's grave.
8. He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh.
17. He prefers the younger before the elder.
21. He prophesies their return to Canaan.














And to you
This phrase is directed towards Joseph, Jacob's beloved son. In the Hebrew text, the word "you" is singular, emphasizing the personal nature of this blessing. Joseph, despite being one of the younger sons, is given a special inheritance, highlighting the favor he found in his father's eyes. This reflects the biblical theme of God's grace, often choosing the unexpected or the younger to fulfill His purposes, as seen with David and Solomon.

as one who is above your brothers
Here, Jacob acknowledges Joseph's preeminence among his siblings. Historically, Joseph's rise to power in Egypt and his role in saving his family from famine set him apart. The Hebrew word for "above" can also imply leadership or authority, which Joseph exercised both in Egypt and within his family. This phrase underscores the biblical principle that God often elevates those who are faithful, regardless of their birth order or societal expectations.

I give the ridge of land
The "ridge of land" refers to a specific portion of territory. The Hebrew term used here is "Shechem," which is both a geographical location and a symbol of inheritance. Shechem holds significant historical and spiritual importance, being a place where God appeared to Abraham and where Jacob's family settled. This gift signifies a tangible and spiritual legacy, emphasizing the importance of land in God's covenant promises to His people.

that I took from the Amorites
The Amorites were a prominent Canaanite people, often representing opposition to God's plans. Jacob's mention of taking land from them suggests a divine victory, as the patriarchs were typically seen as sojourners rather than conquerors. This phrase may also symbolize the spiritual battles believers face, with God granting victory over opposition through faith and obedience.

with my sword and bow
This phrase highlights the means by which the land was acquired, suggesting a combination of divine assistance and human effort. In the biblical narrative, the sword and bow are often metaphors for spiritual warfare and the believer's reliance on God's strength. This imagery encourages believers to engage in their spiritual battles with the assurance that God equips and empowers them for victory.

(22) One portion.--Heb., one Shechem. In favour of this being the town of Shechem is the fact that it did belong to Jacob (Genesis 37:12, where see Note); also that Joseph's embalmed body was deposited there (see Joshua 24:32, where the land is said to have been bought for a hundred kesitas); and, lastly, the testimony of John 4:5, where a parcel of ground at Sychar, close to Shechem, is identified with the ground given by Jacob to Joseph. On the other hand, one Shechem is an unnatural way of describing a town. Shechem also means, as we have seen (Genesis 12:6), the shoulder, and Abul-walid, in his Lexicon, quoting this place, says that both the Hebrews and Arabs gave this name to any elevated strip of ground. This is confirmed by Numbers 34:11, &c., though the word actually used, chatef, is different. Probably, therefore, there was a play upon words in calling this plot of hill-ground Shechem, and not chatef', but made with the intention of showing that the town of Shechem was the portion really signified. But what is meant by "Jacob having taken it out of the hand of the Amorite by his sword and his bow"? Shechem was strictly a town of the Hivites, but as they were but a feeble tribe, the term Amorite may be used to give greater glory to the exploit. In Genesis 15:16, the Amorites, literally mountaineers, are described as owners of the whole country, and probably it was a term loosely applied to all the inhabitants of the uplands, though occasionally used with a more definite meaning (Genesis 15:21). As Jacob so strongly condemns the conduct of Simeon and Levi (Genesis 49:5-7), he can scarcely refer to their exploit, and therefore commentators generally suppose that he used the words prophetically, meaning, "which my descendants will, centuries hence, conquer for themselves with their swords and bows." But this is, to take the words of Holy Scripture in a non-natural sense. Jacob was the owner of a strip of this "shoulder-land" in a way in which he was not the owner of any other portion of land in Canaan, except the cave of Machpelah; and we find him sending his cattle to pasture there when he was himself dwelling far away (Genesis 37:12). And it is quite possible that, after the inhuman treatment of the Hivites at Shechem, the Amorites did gather themselves together to avenge the Wrong, but were deterred by the threatening position taken up by Jacob, or even repulsed in an attack. The latter supposition would best harmonise with the fact that "a mighty terror fell upon all the cities round about" (Genesis 35:5), and also with the exultant spirit in which Jacob, a pre-eminently peaceful and timid man, here alludes to the one military exploit of his life. . . . Verse 22. - Moreover (literally, and) I have given - or, I give (Keil), I will give (Kalisch), the preterit being used prophetically as a future, or even as a present, the event being regarded, from its certainty, as already accomplished. It is thus not absolutely clear that Jacob here alludes to any past transaction in his own personal history - to thee one portion - literally, one shoulder, or ridge, or elevated tract of land, שְׁכֶם; unam pattern (Vulgate), with which agree several of the ancient versions (Onkelos, Syriac) - above thy brethren, which I took - or take (Keil), or shall take (Kalisch) - out of the hand of the Amorite - a general name for the inhabitants of Canaan (vide Genesis 15:16) - with my sword and with my bow. As Scripture has preserved no account of any military exploit in the history of Jacob such as is here described, the patriarch's language has been understood as referring to the plot of ground at Shechem which Jacob purchased of Hamor the father of Shechem (Genesis 33:19), and as signifying either that he had captured it by sword and bow, in the sense that his sons at the head of his armed retainers had put the inhabitants of the town to the sword, and so taken possession of the entire district (Calvin, Rosenmüller, Murphy); or that, though he had peacefully paid for it, he yet required at a subsequent period to recover it by force of arms from the Canaanites (Lawson, Bush, Wordsworth); or that after the terrible tragedy at Shechem, when God put a fear upon the surrounding cities, Jacob and his sons stood in the gate of Shechem in the armed expectation of a hostile attack, and so may be said to have taken it by sword and bow (Rabbi Solomon, Lyra, Willet). It seems, however, better to regard the words as a prophetic utterance pointing forward to the conquest of Canaan, which Jacob here represents himself, in the persons of his descendants, as taking from the Amorites by means of sword and bow, and as intimating that the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh would receive a double portion of the inheritance, the word שְׁכֶם being probably designed to convey a hint that the tract to be in future assigned to Joseph's descendants would be the region round about the ancient city Shechem (Ainsworth, Keil, Kalisch, Lunge, etc.).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And to you,
לְךָ֛ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

as one who is above
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your brothers,
אַחֶ֑יךָ (’a·ḥe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

I
וַאֲנִ֞י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

give
נָתַ֧תִּֽי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

the
אַחַ֖ד (’a·ḥaḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

ridge of land
שְׁכֶ֥ם (šə·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7926: The neck, as the place of burdens, the spur of a, hill

that
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I took
לָקַ֙חְתִּי֙ (lā·qaḥ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3947: To take

from
מִיַּ֣ד (mî·yaḏ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

the Amorites
הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe

with my sword
בְּחַרְבִּ֖י (bə·ḥar·bî)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and bow.”
וּבְקַשְׁתִּֽי׃ (ū·ḇə·qaš·tî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris


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