{"id":57,"date":"2024-12-18T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/bible\/wordpress\/2024\/12\/06\/chapter-48-jacob-blesses-josephs-sons\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T11:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T11:54:24","slug":"chapter-48-jacob-blesses-josephs-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplemanswalkthroughthebible.org\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"48"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_8\">At the end of Ch 47 Joseph promises to Jacob to bury him back home and not in Egypt. How different Jacob&#8217;s words are now &#8211; v3, 4 <em>&#8220;God has blessed me &#8230;. &#8220;<\/em> How important it is that we trust God through the lows as well as the highs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Joseph took along his two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. A very moving ceremony takes place (v11) Jacob (Israel) said<em>, \u201cI never expected to see you and now God has allowed me to see your children.\u201d<\/em> And Jacob blesses Joseph\u2019s sons, but he puts the younger ahead of the older. Reminiscent of Jacob obtaining the blessing of his father Isaac over his elder brother Esau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Ever wondered why there is no tribe of Joseph among the twelve of Israel? Here is the answer in v5. Jacob says to Joseph<em>, \u201cYour two sons will be reckoned as mine, any sons born to you after them will be yours.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">The tribe of Levi did not have an inheritance as they were priests so that would leave 10 but Jacob says that Manasseh and Ephraim, Joseph&#8217;s sons would each receive an inheritance, thus Joseph got a double portion. In fact, they were given the birthright because Reuben, the eldest, sinned by incest with his father&#8217;s concubine. 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