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16 The [a]redeeming Angel [that is, the Angel the Redeemer—not a created being but the Lord Himself] Who has redeemed me continually from every evil, bless the lads! And let my name be perpetuated in them [may they be worthy of having their names coupled with mine], and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them become a multitude in the midst of the earth.

17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; and he held up his father’s hand to move it to Manasseh’s head.

18 And Joseph said, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:16 The “Angel of the Lord” is here identified as Christ Himself. See also the footnote on Gen. 16:7.

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