KJV King James Version
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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Genesis 48:22
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I—I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 48
19 And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it]: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
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.
22 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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וַאֲנִ֞יH589 · a.niIנָתַ֧תִּֽיH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְךָ֛H9031 · kayouשְׁכֶ֥םH7926 · she.khemshoulderאַחַ֖דH259 · e.chadoneעַל־H5921 · aluponאַחֶ֑יךָH251 · achbrother: male-siblingאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichלָקַ֙חְתִּי֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeמִיַּ֣דH3027 · yadhandהָֽאֱמֹרִ֔יH567 · e.mo.riAmoriteבְּחַרְבִּ֖יH2719 · che.revswordוּבְקַשְׁתִּֽי׃ פH7198 · qe.shetbow
Cross-references
John 4:5Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.Joshua 24:32And 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.1 Chronicles 5:2For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph’s:)Deuteronomy 21:17But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his.Genesis 33:19And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.Amos 2:9Yet 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.Joshua 17:14-18And 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?Genesis 34:28They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field,Judges 11:23So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?Genesis 15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.Ezekiel 47:13Thus saith the Lord GOD; This [shall be] the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph [shall have two] portions.
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