Genesis 48:16-19
16 athe angel who has bredeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;and in them let cmy name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them dgrow into a multitude ▼
▼Or let them be like fish for multitude
in the midst of the earth.”17When Joseph saw that his father flaid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” 19But his father refused and said, g“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, hhis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude ▼
▼Hebrew fullness
of nations.” Genesis 49:22
22 “Joseph is ja fruitful bough,a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall. ▼
▼Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall
Isaiah 40:1-2
Comfort for God’s People
1 lComfort, comfort my people, says your God.2 mSpeak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that nher warfare ▼
▼Or hardship
is ended,that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
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