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Marie.Irby

The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need.

Jan 27

So Jacob blessed the boys that day with this blessing: “The people of Israel will use your names when they give a blessing. They will say, ‘May God make you as prosperous as Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In this way, Jacob put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 48:21-22 NLT

Then Jacob said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back to Canaan, the land of your ancestors. And beyond what I have given your brothers, I am giving you an extra portion of the land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 48:19 NLT

But his father refused. “I know, my son; I know,” he replied. “Manasseh will also become a great people, but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 48:18 NLT

“No, my father,” he said. “This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 48:15 NLT

Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my grandfather Abraham and my father, Isaac, walked— the God who has been my shepherd all my life, to this very day,

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 48:16 NLT

the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may he bless these boys. May they preserve my name and the names of Abraham and Isaac. And may their descendants multiply greatly throughout the earth.”

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 48:1 NLT

One day not long after this, word came to Joseph, “Your father is failing rapidly.” So Joseph went to visit his father, and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 47:23-24 NLT

Then Joseph said to the people, “Look, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. I will provide you with seed so you can plant the fields. Then when you harvest it, one-fifth of your crop will belong to Pharaoh. You may keep the remaining four-fifths as seed for your fields and as food for you, your households, and your little ones.”

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 47:22 NLT

The only land he did not buy was the land belonging to the priests. They received an allotment of food directly from Pharaoh, so they didn’t need to sell their land.

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 47:20-21 NLT

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold him their fields because the famine was so severe, and soon all the land belonged to Pharaoh. As for the people, he made them all slaves, from one end of Egypt to the other.

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 47:16 NLT

Joseph replied, “Since your money is gone, bring me your livestock. I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”

Jan 27

Marie.Irby

highlighted Genesis 47:11 NLT

So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt—the region of Rameses—to his father and his brothers, and he settled them there, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

Jan 27