Genesis 48:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.

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  • Josh 24:32 : 32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had taken up from Egypt, they put in the earth in Shechem, in the property which Jacob had got from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred shekels: and they became the heritage of the children of Joseph.
  • John 4:5 : 5 So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
  • Judg 11:23 : 23 So now the Lord, the God of Israel, has taken away their land from the Amorites and given it to his people Israel; are you then to have it?
  • 1 Chr 5:2 : 2 Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)
  • Ezek 47:13 : 13 This is what the Lord has said: These are the limits by which you will take up your heritage in the land among the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph is to have two parts.
  • Amos 2:9 : 9 Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
  • Gen 33:19 : 19 And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.
  • Gen 34:28 : 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,
  • Deut 21:17 : 17 But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.
  • Josh 17:14-18 : 14 Then the children of Joseph said to Joshua, Why have you given me only one part and one stretch of land for my heritage? For through the blessing given to me by the Lord up to now, I am a great people. 15 Then Joshua said to them, If you are such a great people, go up into the woodlands, clearing a place there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, if the hill-country of Ephraim is not wide enough for you. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel. 17 Then Joshua said to the children of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, You are a great people, and have great power: you are not to have one property only, 18 For the hill-country of Gilead will be yours ... the woodland and cut down ... its outskirts will be yours ... get the Canaanites out, for they have iron war-carriages ... strong.

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  • Gen 48:20-21
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    20 So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

    21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 48:4-6
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    4 And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.

    5 And now your two sons who came to birth in Egypt before I came to you here, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, in the same way as Reuben and Simeon are.

    6 And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brothers in their heritage.

  • Gen 49:24-26
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    24 But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:

    25 Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:

    26 Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.

  • Gen 35:12
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    12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

  • Gen 48:15
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    15 And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

  • Josh 24:3-4
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    3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

    4 And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: to Esau I gave Mount Seir, as his heritage; but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

  • Ps 105:11
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    11 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:

  • Ezek 47:13-14
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    13 This is what the Lord has said: These are the limits by which you will take up your heritage in the land among the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph is to have two parts.

    14 And you are to make an equal division of it; as I gave my oath to your fathers to give it to you: for this land is to be your heritage.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Gen 31:9
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    9 So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

  • Deut 1:8
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    8 See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.

  • 1 Chr 16:18
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    18 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:

  • Gen 48:11-13
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    11 And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

    12 Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.

    13 Then taking Ephraim with his right hand, Joseph put him at Israel's left side, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Israel's right side, placing them near him.

  • Deut 3:18
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    18 At that time I gave you orders, saying, The Lord has given you this land for your heritage: all the men of war are to go over armed before your brothers the children of Israel.

  • Josh 1:15
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    15 Till the Lord has given your brothers rest, as he has given it to you, and they have taken their heritage in the land which the Lord your God is giving them: then you will go back to the land of your heritage which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you on the east side of Jordan.

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    8 To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

  • Deut 33:16
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    16 The good things of the earth and all its wealth, the good pleasure of him who was seen in the burning tree: may they come on the head of Joseph, on the head of him who was prince among his brothers.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
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    2 Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)

  • Josh 1:3
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    3 Every place on which you put your foot I have given to you, as I said to Moses.

  • Gen 48:9
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    9 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.

  • Gen 47:11
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    11 And Joseph made a place for his father and his brothers, and gave them a heritage in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had given orders.

  • Josh 17:14
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    14 Then the children of Joseph said to Joshua, Why have you given me only one part and one stretch of land for my heritage? For through the blessing given to me by the Lord up to now, I am a great people.

  • Gen 27:40
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    40 By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.

  • Gen 33:11
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    11 Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

  • Gen 30:30
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    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • Gen 28:13
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    13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.