Holy Scripture
Genesis 48:22
A church father on this verse
“After he blessed the sons and promoted the younger ahead of the elder by way of forecasting the future, he wanted to convince Joseph that it was not idly or to no purpose that he had done this but to foretell what was due to happen. So he predicted his own death and the fact that they would return from foreign parts t…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
22And I give to thee Shechem, a select portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.
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20And he blessed them in that day, saying, In you shall Israel be blessed, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh; and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God shall be with you, and restore you to the land of your fathers.
— Genesis 48:22 —