18 He said, “What pledge should I give you?”

“Your seal(A) and its cord, and the staff(B) in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.(C)

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31 “Swear to me,”(A) he said. Then Joseph swore to him,(B) and Israel(C) worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:31 Or Israel bowed down at the head of his bed

“Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs(A) from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes.(B) Write the name of each man on his staff.

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