Genesis 48:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
48 1 Joseph with his two sons visiteth his sick father. 3 Jacob rehearseth God’s promise. 5 He receiveth Joseph’s sons as his. 19 He preferreth the younger.
1 Again after this, one said to Joseph, Lo, thy father is sick: then he took with him his [a]two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 Also one told Jacob, and said, Behold thy son Joseph is come to thee, and Israel took his strength unto him and sat upon the bed.
3 Then Jacob said unto Joseph, God [b]almighty appeared unto me at (A)Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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- Genesis 48:1 Joseph more esteemeth that his children should be received into Jacob’s family, which was the Church of God, than to enjoy all the treasures of Egypt.
- Genesis 48:3 Or, all sufficient.
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