Genesis 48

Genesis 48:5

Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine.

Manasseh and Ephraim shall be, not as my grandchildren, but even as my own; and shall have a portion of inheritance among their brethren, as if they had come immediately out of my own loins.

Genesis 48:6

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

But thy other children, if any shall be since born unto thee, shall carry thy name; and look for their portion under the title of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.

Genesis 48:12

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

And Joseph took them away from his father’s knees, to set them in that order, wherein he desired the blessing might be given them; which done, he bowed himself to the ground, in a reverent and humble manner, to crave this blessing from his father.

Genesis 48:16

The angel which redeemed me, &c. And let my name be named on them.

That angel of the covenant, the Son of God, which hath delivered, &c. Let them be numbered among the patriarchs of God’s people, as my sons, &c.

Genesis 48:22

I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite.

I give thee one portion, according to the privilege of the birth-right above thy brethren: the city and territories of Shechem, which, after that my sons had taken from the Hivites, I maintained by strong hand against the Amorites.