OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 48:20

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He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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Verse 20. In thee, Joseph. Septuagint “in you,” Ephraim and Manasses. The Israelites shall wish the same happiness to their greatest friends, as that which you have enjoyed. Menochius.

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