Study it in the app“And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, like Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.”
And nowוְעַתָּהyour twoשְׁנֵיsons,בָנֶיךָwho were bornהַנּוֹלָדִיםto youלְךָin the landבְּאֶרֶץof EgyptמִצְרַיִםbeforeעַדI cameבֹּאִיto youאֵלֶיךָin Egypt,מִצְרַיְמָהare mine;לִי הֵםEphraimאֶפְרַיִםand Manasseh,וּמְנַשֶּׁהlike Reubenכִּרְאוּבֵןand Simeon,וְשִׁמְעוֹןwill beיִהְיוּmine.לִי
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appearsbe born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “noladim” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “boi” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsReuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appearsSimeon
Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".
Where else “shimon” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearsJacob adopts Joseph’s two sons as his own sons. That is why there will later be two tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh, instead of a single tribe of Joseph.
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
4He said to me, ‘Look, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make you an assembly of peoples, and I will give this land to your offspring after you as an eternal possession.’
5 · This verse (above)
6But the children whom you have fathered after them will be yours; by the name of their brothers they will be called in their inheritance.
1. What it says
Whom did Jacob bless, and what did he do with his hands (vv. 13-20)?
2. What it means
Why was Joseph displeased when he saw Jacob’s hands, and how did his father answer (vv. 17-19)?
3. How I live it
How can you bless with your words the children or young people around you?
