Genesis 48:9
He answered: They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring them to me that I may bless them.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Respondit : Filii mei sunt, quos donavit mihi Deus in hoc loco. Adduc, inquit, eos ad me, ut benedicam illis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εἶπεν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ Υἱοί μού εἰσιν οὓς ἔδωκέν μοι ὁ θεὸς ἐνταῦθα. καὶ εἶπεν Ἰακώβ Προσάγαγέ μοι αὐτοὺς ἵνα εὐλογήσω αὐτούς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל אָבִ֔יו בָּנַ֣י הֵ֔ם אֲשֶׁר נָֽתַן לִ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים בָּזֶ֑ה וַיֹּאמַ֕ר קָֽחֶם נָ֥א אֵלַ֖י וַאֲבָרֲכֵֽם
The Fathers on this verse
The Epistle of Barnabas The Epistle of Barnabas, Chapter XIII. Christians, and not
But let us see if this people is the heir, or the former, and if the covenant belongs to us or to them. Hear ye now what the Scripture saith concerning the people. Isaac prayed for Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and she conceived. Furthermore also, Rebecca went forth to inquire of the Lord; and the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples in thy belly; and the one people shall surpass the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.” You ought to understand who was Isaac, who Rebecca, and concerning what persons He declared that this people should be greater than that. And in another prophecy Jacob speaks more clearly to his son Joseph, saying, “Behold, the Lord hath not deprived me of thy presence; bring thy sons to me, that I may bless them.” And he brought Manasseh and Ephraim, desiring that Manasseh should be blessed, because he was the elder. …