Genesis 48:19
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”Genesis 48:19 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — ઉત્પત્તિ ૪૮:૧૯
- તેનો પિતાએ ઇનકાર કરતા કહ્યું, “હું જાણું છું, મારા દીકરા, હું જાણું છું. તે પણ એક પ્રજા થશે અને તે પણ મહાન થશે. પણ તેનો નાનો ભાઈ તો તેના કરતાં વધારે મહાન થશે અને તેનાં વંશજોની બેશુમાર વૃદ્ધિ થશે.”
- हिन्दी — उत्पत्ति ४८:१९
- उसके पिता ने कहा, “नहीं, सुन, हे मेरे पुत्र, मैं इस बात को भली भाँति जानता हूँ यद्यपि इससे भी मनुष्यों की एक मण्डली उत्पन्न होगी, और यह भी महान हो जाएगा, तो भी इसका छोटा भाई इससे अधिक महान हो जाएगा, और उसके वंश से बहुत सी जातियाँ निकलेंगी।”
In context
17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
19His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
20He 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.
21Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
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