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Genesis 48:13-21

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Joseph took them both

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Ephraim with his right hand

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toward Israel's left

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and Manasseh with his left hand

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toward Israel's right

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and brought them close to him

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but Israel stretched out his right hand

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and laid it on the head of Ephraim

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who was the younger

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and his left hand on Manasseh's head

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crossing his hands

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although Manasseh was the firstborn

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and he blessed Joseph, and said

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the God before whom

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my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked

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the God who has been my shepherd

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all my life to this day

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the angel who has redeemed me

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from all evil bless the lads

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and may my name live on in them

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and the names of my fathers

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Abraham and Isaac

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and may they grow into a multitude

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in the midst of the earth

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and when Joseph saw that

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his father laid his right hand

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on Ephraim's head

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it displeased him

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and he grasped his father's hand

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to remove it from Ephraim's head

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to Manasseh's head

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Joseph said to his father

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not so, my father

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for this one is the firstborn

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place your right hand on his head

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but his father refused and said

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I know, my son, I know

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he also will become a people

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and he also will be great

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however, his younger brother

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shall be greater than he

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and his descendants shall become

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a multitude of nations

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and he blessed them that day, saying

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by you Israel will pronounce blessing

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saying, may God make you like

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Ephraim and Manasseh

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thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh

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then Israel said to Joseph

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behold, I am about to die

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but God will be with you

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and bring you back

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to the land of your fathers

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I give you one portion

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more than your brothers

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which I took from the hand

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of the Amorite

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with my sword and my bow

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here we have Jacob who is now Israel

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he's the old man

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about to pass away

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his son Joseph

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brings the two grandsons

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Ephraim and Manasseh for a blessing

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and this is a great blessing

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because there's a double portion

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apportioned to Joseph

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he gets two portions of land

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for his two sons

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Ephraim and Manasseh

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but Manasseh is the older one

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and Joseph is expecting

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that his father Israel

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will lay his right hand on Manasseh

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but he doesn't

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he reaches across

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and lays his right hand on Ephraim

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and his left hand on Manasseh

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and he probably crossed them like this

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and Joseph said no, no, no, no

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this one's the first born

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and Israel the father said no

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God has instructed me to bless

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this one first, Ephraim

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it's interesting what

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these two names mean

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Manasseh means to forget

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forgetting the past

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Ephraim means fruitful

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the fruitful one

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moving into the fruitfulness

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of the future

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and so we see Manasseh's

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forgetting and what God

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was saying to Israel, to Jacob

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is bless your son Joseph

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and his two sons

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with forgetting the sins of the past

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remember how Joseph was

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sinned against by his own family

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he was forgotten by his father who

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thought he was dead

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his brothers sold him

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into slavery in Egypt

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and Manasseh is about forgetting

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the sins of the people that

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have sinned against you

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forgetting the past

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forgetting all the horrific things

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that happened to you

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being healed from those things

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and going forward

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Ephraim is fruitfulness of the future

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and so this is the blessing

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that Israel said

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all of my descendants

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from now on forever

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every evening in Shabbat

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and here we are again in Shabbat

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I can't remember if I said

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Shabbat Shalom

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but for sure Shabbat Shalom today

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so on every Shabbat

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when the father blesses the sons

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he says to his sons

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may God make you like Ephraim

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and Manasseh

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what does that mean

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forgetting the sin

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and the offenses of the past

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and moving forward

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into the fruitfulness of the future

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indicating also

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God's choice of fruitfulness

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on the son Ephraim

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and so you know today this Shabbat

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if you haven't done it

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if you didn't do it

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on Erev Shabbat in the evening

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bless your children

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I encourage you

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look your children in the eyes

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tell them all the good things

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Yahweh says about them

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tell them the good things

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you see in their life

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if you've sinned against them

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and wounded them, repent

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look your children in the eyes

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ask their forgiveness

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if you've used a voice

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that was too strong

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or you wounded them or hurt them

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look them in the eyes and say

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I love you Son

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I love you my daughter

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and for sons, may you

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be like Ephraim and Manasseh

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forgetting the sin of the past

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moving forward into

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the fruitfulness of the future

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I love you, I bless you

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I'm proud of you

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so take opportunity today

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to bless your children

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even as Israel instructed Joseph

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to bless his children and all

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of Israel forever after

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we are grafted in to Israel

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by the blood of Messiah

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so this blessing is for us as well

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forgetting the sin of the past

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moving forward into

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the fruitfulness of the future

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so today Shabbat Shalom

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may this be a rich day

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in the presence of Yahweh

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for you and your family

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Amen