Posted on 10/08/2020 6:31:23 AM PDT by left that other site
Genesis 48
Manasseh and Ephraim
48 Some time later Joseph was told, Your father is ill. So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him. 2 When Jacob was told, Your son Joseph has come to you, Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.
3 Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty[a] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me 4 and said to me, I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.
5 Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine. 6 Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers. 7 As I was returning from Paddan,[b] to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
8 When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, Who are these?
9 They are the sons God has given me here, Joseph said to his father.
Then Israel said, Bring them to me so I may bless them.
10 Now Israels eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
11 Israel said to Joseph, I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.
12 Then Joseph removed them from Israels knees and bowed down with his face to the ground. 13 And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israels left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israels right hand, and brought them close to him. 14 But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraims head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manassehs head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,
May the God before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully,
the God who has been my shepherd
all my life to this day,
16 the Angel who has delivered me from all harm
may he bless these boys.
May they be called by my name
and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,
and may they increase greatly
on the earth.
17 When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraims head he was displeased; so he took hold of his fathers hand to move it from Ephraims head to Manassehs head. 18 Joseph said to him, No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.
19 But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations. 20 He blessed them that day and said,
In your[c] name will Israel pronounce this blessing:
May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.
So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
21 Then Israel said to Joseph, I am about to die, but God will be with you[d] and take you[e] back to the land of your[f] fathers. 22 And to you I give one more ridge of land[g] than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.
Footnotes
1. Genesis 48:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
2. Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
3. Genesis 48:20 The Hebrew is singular.
4. Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
5. Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
6. Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
7. Genesis 48:22 The Hebrew for ridge of land is identical with the place name Shechem.
New International Version (NIV)(End of Scripture Passage)
Once again, the Younger gets the Blessing. This seems to be a recurring theme.
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Psalm 137
1 By the rivers of Babylon
there we sat down and there we wept
when we remembered Zion.
2 On the willows* there
we hung up our harps.
3 For there our captors
asked us for songs,
and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion!
4 How could we sing the Lords song
in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand wither!
6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites
the day of Jerusalems fall,
how they said, Tear it down! Tear it down!
Down to its foundations!
8 O daughter Babylon, you devastator!*
Happy shall they be who pay you back
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Amen, left that other site
So often the Lord picks the younger—opposite what we do as in laws of succession (kings, lords...etc.)
As the younger sibling I can appreciate this.
Joining in prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem.
Joining in prayer.
Adding my prayers. God bless.
Amen
First time I noticed that too...Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem. Thank you, God Bless
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