Verse 19
Genesis 48:19
Bible in Basic English
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But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְמָאֵ֣ן אָבִ֗י/ו וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ יָדַ֤עְתִּֽי בְנִ/י֙ יָדַ֔עְתִּי גַּם ה֥וּא יִֽהְיֶה לְּ/עָ֖ם וְ/גַם ה֣וּא יִגְדָּ֑ל וְ/אוּלָ֗ם אָחִ֤י/ו הַ/קָּטֹן֙ יִגְדַּ֣ל מִמֶּ֔/נּוּ וְ/זַרְע֖/וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה מְלֹֽא הַ/גּוֹיִֽם
English Translation
And my father refused and said, "I know my son, I know; he will also be a people, and he will also grow. However, my younger brother will grow greater than he, and his offspring will be full of the nations."
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Chapter 48 Context
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And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his stre...
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And Jacob said to Joseph, God (Elohim), the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land...
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And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great fa...
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And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Ma...
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And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brot...
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And as for me, when I came from Paddan, death overtook Rachel on the way, when we were still some di...
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Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?
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And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God (Elohim) has given me in this land. And he...
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Now because Israel was old, his eyes were no longer clear, and he was not able to see. So he made th...
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And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God (Elohim) in his mercy ha...
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Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.
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Then taking Ephraim with his right hand, Joseph put him at Israel's left side, and with his left han...
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And Israel, stretching out his right hand, put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and his left...
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And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God (Elohim) to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, g...
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The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my nam...
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Now when Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it did not seem r...
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And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his...
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But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a natio...
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So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they...
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Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God (Elohim) will be with you, guiding you bac...
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And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the A...
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