Genesis - 48:6



6 Your issue, who you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 48:6.

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And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
But the rest whom thou shalt have after them, shall be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions.
And thy family which thou hast begotten after them shall be thine: they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
and thy family which thou hast begotten after them are thine; by the name of their brethren they are called in their inheritance.
And your issue, which you beget after them, shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brothers in their heritage.
Your issue, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
But the remainder, whom you will conceive after them, will be yours, and they will be called by the name of their brothers among their possessions.
Verum liberi tui, quos generabis post eos, tui erunt: secundum nomen fratrum suorum vocabuntur in haereditate sua.

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And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine,.... The children of Joseph, that either were, or would be begotten after Ephraim and Manasseh; though whether ever any were is not certain; and this is only mentioned by way of supposition, as Jarchi interprets it, "if thou shouldest beget", &c. these should be reckoned his own, and not as Jacob's sons, but be considered as other grandchildren of Jacob's were, and not as Ephraim and Manasseh:
and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance; they should not have distinct names, or make distinct tribes, or have a distinct inheritance; but should be called either the children of Ephraim, or the children of Manasseh, and should be reckoned as belonging either to the one tribe, or the other, and have their inheritance in them, and with them, and not separate.

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