Parallel Verses New International Version He blessed them that day and said, "In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.'" So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh. King James Bible And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. Darby Bible Translation And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh! And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. World English Bible He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh. Young's Literal Translation and he blesseth them in that day, saying, 'By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;' and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh. Genesis 48:20 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleIn thee shall Israel bless - That is, in future generations the Israelites shall take their form of wishing prosperity to any nation or family from the circumstance of the good which it shall be known that God has done to Ephraim and Manasseh: May God make thee as fruitful as Ephraim, and multiply thee as Manasseh! So, to their daughters when married, the Jewish women are accustomed to say, God make thee as Sarah and Rebekah! The forms are still in use. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Israel bless. Ruth 4:11,12 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses... and he set. Numbers 13:8,11,16 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun... Library Two Retrospects of one Life'And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been.'--GENESIS xlvii. 9. 'The God which fed me all my life long unto this day; the Angel which redeemed me from all evil.' --GENESIS xlviii. 15,16. These are two strangely different estimates of the same life to be taken by the same man. In the latter Jacob categorically contradicts everything that he had said in the former. 'Few and evil,' he said before Pharaoh. 'All my life long,' 'the Angel which redeemed me from … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Blessing Children. Concerning Childlikeness. Cross References Hebrews 11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. Genesis 48:21 Then Israel said to Joseph, "I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers. Jump to Previous Ahead Bless Blessed Blesseth Blessing Blessings Ephraim E'phraim God Israel Manasseh Manas'seh Pronounce SignJump to Next Ahead Bless Blessed Blesseth Blessing Blessings Ephraim E'phraim God Israel Manasseh Manas'seh Pronounce SignLinks Genesis 48:20 NIVGenesis 48:20 NLT Genesis 48:20 ESV Genesis 48:20 NASB Genesis 48:20 KJV Genesis 48:20 Bible Apps Genesis 48:20 Biblia Paralela Genesis 48:20 Chinese Bible Genesis 48:20 French Bible Genesis 48:20 German Bible Genesis 48:20 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |