THEOSISGenesis 48:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he blessed them at that time, saying: In thee shall Israel be blessed, and it shall be said: God do to thee as to Ephraim, and as to Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses.
וַיְבָ֨רֲכֵ֜ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַהוּא֮ לֵאמוֹר֒ בְּךָ֗ יְבָרֵ֤ךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְשִֽׂמְךָ֣ אֱלֹהִ֔ים כְּאֶפְרַ֖יִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לִפְנֵ֥י מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 24:60Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.
- Ruth 4:11Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:
- Ruth 4:12And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
- Gen 28:3And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people.
- Num 2:18On the west side shall be the camp of the sons of Ephraim, whose prince was Elisama the son of Ammiud.
- Num 2:21And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
- Num 10:22The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their troops, in whose army the prince was Elisama the son of Ammiud.
- Num 10:23And in the tribe of the sons of Manasses, the prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.