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Genesis 48:22

20 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.

21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
KJV
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
WEB
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
ASV
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
DARBY
And *I* have given to thee one tract [of land] above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
BLB
And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
ÅB
Og jeg gir deg fremfor dine brødre et stykke land som jeg tar fra amorittenes hånd med mitt sverd og min bue.
OTB
Og jeg gir deg en del mer enn dine brødre, som jeg tok fra amorittene med mitt sverd og min bue."
B1930
Og jeg gir dig fremfor dine brødre et stykke land som jeg tar fra amorittenes hånd med mitt sverd og min bue.

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  • John 4:5

    Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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  • Joshua 24:32

    And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

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  • 1 Chronicles 5:2

    For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

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  • Judges 11:23

    So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

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  • Genesis 34:28

    They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

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  • Joshua 17:14–18

    And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

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  • Amos 2:9

    Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

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  • Genesis 15:16

    But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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