Genesis 48:20
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.
KJV
Benedixitque eis in tempore illo, dicens : In te benedicetur Israël, atque dicetur : Faciat tibi Deus sicut Ephraim, et sicut Manasse. Constituitque Ephraim ante Manassen.
Vulgate
καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ λέγων Ἐν ὑμῖν εὐλογηθήσεται Ἰσραὴλ λέγοντες Ποιήσαι σε ὁ θεὸς ὡς Ἐφράιμ καὶ ὡς Μανασσή· καὶ ἔθηκεν τὸν Ἐφράιμ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Μανασσή.
LXX
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
ASV
וַ/יְבָ֨רֲכֵ֜/ם בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/הוּא֮ לֵ/אמוֹר֒ בְּ/ךָ֗ יְבָרֵ֤ךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר יְשִֽׂמְ/ךָ֣ אֱלֹהִ֔ים כְּ/אֶפְרַ֖יִם וְ/כִ/מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת אֶפְרַ֖יִם לִ/פְנֵ֥י מְנַשֶּֽׁה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 19:20 — For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
- Gen 24:60 — And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
- Gen 24:60 — And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
- Gen 28:3 — And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
- Jer 29:22 — And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
- Num 6:23 — Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
- Ruth 4:11 — And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Isra