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                                   MANASSEH




GEN 41:50  And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came,
which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.  

GEN 41:51  And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said
he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.  

GEN 46:20  And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim,
which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.  

GEN 48:1  And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold,
thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.  

GEN 48:5  And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee
in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and
Simeon, they shall be mine.  

GEN 48:6  And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and
shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.  

GEN 48:7  And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land
of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath:
and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.  

GEN 48:8  And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?  

GEN 48:9  And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given
me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will
bless them.  

GEN 48:10  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.  

GEN 48:11  And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and,
lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.  

GEN 48:12  And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed
himself with his face to the earth.  

GEN 48:13  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.  

GEN 48:14  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 firstborn.  

GEN 48:15  And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham
and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,  

GEN 48:16  The Angel which 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.  

GEN 48:17  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.  

GEN 48:18  And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the
firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.  

GEN 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.  

GEN 48:20  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.  

REV 7:6  Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed
twelve thousand.  




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