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19 But his father refused. |I know,| he said. |I know. He's going to produce a large nation, and he's going to be very great. However, his younger brother will become even greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.| 20 That very day, Jacob blessed them with this blessing: |By you Israel will extend this blessing: 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!'| By doing this, he placed Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Then Israel told Joseph, |Pay attention! I'm about to die, but God will be with you. He'll bring you back to the land that belongs to your ancestors. 22 I'm assigning you one portion more than your brothers from the land that I confiscated from the control of the Amorites in battle.| Genesis 48:19-22, Intl. Standard Version. Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation.
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