Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’
Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, the Angel who has delivered me from all harm —may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.”
“In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
Then Israel said to Joseph. And to you I give one more ridge of land than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.
Once again a cycle is completed: from the blessing of Jacob by his blind old father to the blessing of Joseph's sons as an act of faith. How simply Jacob's hands cross over to convey God's blessing to the younger son, in contrast to the Jacob and Esau story in chapter 27. Ephraim and Manasseh are counted as Jacob's own sons, so Joseph enjoys a double inheritance.
Why?
Jacob blesses Joseph will have the land as an everlasting possession to their descendants. which is God's blessing to Israel and his forefather.
Joseph has two sons so later in Israelite land portion, his two sons have their own land, so Jesoph has one more portion than his brothers.
The blessing of the elder is same as many brothers, the younger one will greater than the elder one.
Jacob and Esau.
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雅各提出神曾經說過的應許。我們的地、家鄉永遠的產業在迦南地。埃及只是我們寄居的地方。地上的一切都是暫時的。
約瑟的兩個兒子歸雅各的。長孫等同最小的兒子。兩個即雙份的祝福。瑪拿西是長子，特別雅各的右手邊，但是以色列伸手出來是交叉的按手，神的揀選不是按照人的安排，人的想法，以人以為好的方式來做。雖然雅各看不見，但是靈裏很清楚。神的揀選不是因為血統，而是因為神的主權。所以不要看不起外邦人。以色列人以後以以法蓮為羨慕的對象。
因此我們要不斷尋求、調整，讓我們明白神的心意。我們以為我們眼睛清楚，靈裏的眼睛可能不清楚。
神從來不担誤事情。
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How?
Blessing from the elder one is important, and pray with blessing is better than any others.
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