Kejadian 45:27
Konteks45:27 But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, 1 and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.
Kejadian 48:20
Konteks48:20 So he blessed them that day, saying,
“By you 2 will Israel bless, 3 saying,
‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’”
So he put Ephraim before Manasseh. 4
[45:27] 1 tn Heb “and they spoke to him all the words of Joseph which he had spoke to them.”
[48:20] 2 tn The pronoun is singular in the Hebrew text, apparently elevating Ephraim as the more prominent of the two. Note, however, that both are named in the blessing formula that follows.
[48:20] 3 tn Or “pronounce a blessing.”
[48:20] 4 sn On the elevation of Ephraim over Manasseh see E. C. Kingsbury, “He Set Ephraim Before Manasseh,” HUCA 38 (1967): 129-36; H. Mowvley, “The Concept and Content of ‘Blessing’ in the Old Testament,” BT 16 (1965): 74-80; and I. Mendelsohn, “On the Preferential Status of the Eldest Son,” BASOR 156 (1959): 38-40.