Genesis 48:21-22
Good News Translation
21 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “As you see, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back to the land of your ancestors. 22 It is to you and not to your brothers that I am giving Shechem, that fertile region which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.”
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Genesis 48:21-22
New International Version
21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you[a](A) and take you[b] back to the land of your[c] fathers.(B) 22 And to you I give one more ridge of land[d](C) than to your brothers,(D) the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword(E) and my bow.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
- Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
- Genesis 48:21 The Hebrew is plural.
- Genesis 48:22 The Hebrew for ridge of land is identical with the place name Shechem.
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