Genesis 48:6
in Genesis 48Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
KJV
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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This verse in Genesis 48
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 6.) They will be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance. No, he said, they will not receive land separately, nor will they have their own possessive cords like the other tribes, but they will be mixed in with the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, like appendages of the people.
This site's exposition
shall be reckoned as mine
on Genesis 48:5-6
Jacob takes the two grandsons as his own sons and ranks them with Reuben and Simeon. Reuben and Simeon are the first and the second born, so Ephraim and Manasseh now stand at the head of the tribes. The double portion of a firstborn comes to Joseph through them. Children born to Joseph after these keep their brothers' names and inherit inside their territory.
This site's exposition
called by the names of their brothers
Genesis records no further sons of Joseph, and the tribal count of Numbers 26:28 to 37 lists only the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim. Any later children would be counted inside those two tribes. The adoption is a formal act of inheritance, settled before Jacob dies.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine,....
It does not appear that Joseph had any more children; however, it was Jacob's prudence to give this direction, for the preventing of contest and mismanagement. Note, In making settlements, it is good to take advice, and to provide for what may happen, while we cannot foresee what will happen.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛ | umoladtekha | and offspring your | H4138 → | 22 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הוֹלַ֥דְתָּ | holadta | you have fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾachareihem | after them | H310 → | 715 times |
| לְךָ֣ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| יִהְי֑וּ | yihyu | they will be[long] | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עַ֣ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שֵׁ֧ם | shem | [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אֲחֵיהֶ֛ם | ʾacheihem | brothers their | H251 → | 630 times |
| יִקָּרְא֖וּ | yikareu | they will be called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| בְּנַחֲלָתָֽם׃ | benachalatam | in inheritance their | H5159 → |
וּמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֛and offspring your
umoladtekhaH4138 →22 times
אֲשֶׁר־whom
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הוֹלַ֥דְתָּyou have fathered
holadtaH3205 →496 times
אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖םafter them
ʾachareihemH310 →715 times
לְךָ֣to <the> you
lekha
יִהְי֑וּthey will be[long]
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
עַ֣לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
שֵׁ֧ם[the] name of
shemH8034 →864 times
אֲחֵיהֶ֛םbrothers their
ʾacheihemH251 →630 times
יִקָּרְא֖וּthey will be called
yikareuH7121 →733 times
בְּנַחֲלָתָֽם׃in inheritance their
benachalatamH5159 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 14:4The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks…
it leads to
- Genesis 48:5
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- 1 Chronicles 5:1–2
These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So…
- Numbers 35:2–8
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:54–81
Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:
- Joshua 21:2–42
at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
- Genesis 48:5
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.