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Genesis 48:6

4 and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

5 And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.

7 Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some 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?”

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BSB
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
KJV
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
WEB
Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
ASV
And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
DARBY
And thy family which thou hast begotten after them shall be thine: they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
BLB
And your offspring, whom you beget after them, shall be yours. By the name of their brothers they will be called in their inheritance.
ÅB
Men de barn som du har fått etter dem, skal være dine; de skal kalles etter sine brødre i deres arvelodd.
OTB
Eventuelle etterkommere født til deg etter dem vil være dine; de vil bli oppført under navnene til sine brødre i deres arv.
B1930
Men de barn som du har fått efter dem, skal være dine; de skal kalles efter sine brødre i deres arvelodd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joshua 14:4

    The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.

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