Genesis 48:22

Translations

Modern

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Traditional

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Literal

And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”

Latin

Do tibi partem unam extra fratres tuos, quam tuli de manu Amorrhæi in gladio et arcu meo.

Original

Hebrew

English

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Notes

Genesis 48:22

Joseph was later buried at Shechem as a sign that this extra portion of land belonged to him (Joshua 24:32). It seems that Jacob had conquered this area, though the event is not mentioned elsewhere.

Genesis 48:1–22

When Jacob blessed Ephraim and Manasseh, he showed faith in God's promise to continue. He understood that God's ways differ from human ways. From Jacob's long life, the writer of Hebrews chose the blessing of Joseph's sons as his greatest act of faith (Hebrews 11:21). Jacob followed God's will by giving the main blessing to the younger son instead of the older one, without any trickery or negative outcomes.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Joseph Blessing Symbolic Numbers

Related verses

John 4:5
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
1 Chronicles 5:2
And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
Genesis 34:28
They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.
Amos 2:9
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
Judges 11:23
Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
Deuteronomy 21:17
Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
Joshua 17:14–18
Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
Genesis 33:19
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Ezekiel 47:13
This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.

People

Amorites: Canaanite people group, enemies of Israel

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Archer, Archery Book of Exodus Canaan, Canaanite Genesis, Book of Jacob Joseph Joshua, Book of Patriarchs, Period of the Sychar

Topics

Adoption of Joseph's Sons Adoption: Illustrated: Joseph's Sons Amorites: Given to Descendants of Abraham Inheritance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Jacob: Gives the Land of the Amorites to Joseph Jacob: His Benediction Upon Joseph and his Two Sons Joseph: Son of Jacob: His Father's Favorite Child Military Arms: Offensive: Bow and Arrows Parents: Partiality of Jacob for Joseph The Amorites: Jacob Took a Portion From The Bow: An Instrument of War The Sword was Used by the Patriarchs

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