Verse 19
Genesis 48:19
New King James Version
19
And his father refused, and said, I know
it, my son, I know
it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude 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
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3
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God (Elohim) Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and...
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4
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a mu...
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5
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I...
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6
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine,
and shall be called after the name o...
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7
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet...
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8
And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who
are these?
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9
And Joseph said unto his father, They
are my sons, whom God (Elohim) hath given me in this
place. An...
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10
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age,
so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him...
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11
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God (Elohim) hath shewed me...
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12
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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13
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his...
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14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who
was the younger, and h...
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15
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God (Elohim), before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, th...
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16
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the...
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17
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him:...
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18
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this
is
the firstborn; put thy right hand u...
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19
And his father refused, and said, I know
it, my son, I know
it: he also shall become a people, and h...
20
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God (Elohim) make thee as...
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21
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God (Elohim) shall be with you, and bring you again...
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22
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Am...
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