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23 He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation;(A) the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were recognised by[a][b] Joseph.(B)

24 Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die,(C) but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham,(D) Isaac,(E) and Jacob.’(F) 25 So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: ‘When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.’(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 50:23 Lit were born on the knees of
  2. 50:23 Referring to a ritual of adoption or of legitimisation; Gn 30:3