Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 48:21
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Then 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.
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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Genesis 48
19 But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
20 So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Then 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.
22 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.”
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