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Genesis
48:9
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And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
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Genesis
48:10
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Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
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Genesis
48:11
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And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.
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Genesis
48:12
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And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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Genesis
48:13
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And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
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Genesis
48:14
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And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.
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Genesis
48:15
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And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,
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Genesis
48:16
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the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
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Genesis
48:17
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And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
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Genesis
48:18
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And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
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