KJV ORIGINAL
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Any other children you have after these two will be yours, and they will receive their inheritance through their older brothers' names.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse explains that Joseph's future children would inherit through Ephraim and Manasseh rather than having their own separate tribal status.
📚 Historical Context
Jacob is speaking to Joseph about the adoption of his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, as Jacob's own sons who would become heads of tribes in Israel. This was part of Jacob's deathbed blessings, where he was establishing how inheritance would be distributed among the twelve tribes of Israel. By adopting these two grandsons, Jacob was giving Joseph a double portion of inheritance.
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