Genesis 48:22 “And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of lan…”

Genesis 48:22

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

World English Bible

Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”

American Standard Version

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer, I haue giuen vnto thee one portion aboue thy brethren, which I gate out of the hand of the Amorite by my sworde and by my bowe.

Darby Translation

And I have given to thee one tract [of land] above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Young's Literal Translation

and I — I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.'

Bible in Basic English

And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.

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Cross references

“given”

John 4:5 Joshua 24:32 1 Chronicles 5:2 Genesis 33:19 Deuteronomy 21:17 Ezekiel 47:13

John 4:5 · BSB

So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Joshua 24:32 · BSB

And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So…

1 Chronicles 5:2 · BSB

And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

Genesis 33:19 · BSB

And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

Deuteronomy 21:17 · BSB

Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to…

Ezekiel 47:13 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.

“Amorite”

Genesis 15:16 Genesis 34:28 Joshua 17:14–18 Judges 11:23 Amos 2:9

Genesis 15:16 · BSB

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Genesis 34:28 · BSB

They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.

Joshua 17:14–18 · BSB

Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”

Judges 11:23 · BSB

Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?

Amos 2:9 · BSB

Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

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