Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 48:8
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When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”
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And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who [are] these?
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Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
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And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
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Genesis 48
6 Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
7 Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).
8 When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”
9 Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
10 Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
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