All pre-orders will receive a FREE audio copy of the book! Ephraim and Manasseh, Abraham blessings. As we have already seen, Israel was to become a nation and a company of nations. Here Jacob gives Joseph’s two sons the first born status and blessing. And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh" (verses 18-20). After this visit, Jacob then speaks words of blessing and rebuke to each of his sons. In other words, Manasseh is defense and Ephraim is offense. In the blessings that Jacob pronounced on Manasseh and Ephraim recorded in Genesis 48, the last part of verse 20 reads, “And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.” Here, God establishes the order, the younger, Ephraim, first and then the elder, Manasseh. In GENESIS 48:19, Manasseh was told that he was to become a great people, or nation. Along with Ephraim, Manasseh is responsible to gather the other tribes. 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers. Ephraim was placed on Jacob’s left. With this blessing the National Name of Israel is transferred to Joseph’s two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, with Ephraim the younger receiving the direct transfer of the ‘Birthright Blessing’, and will later also be called ‘Israel’, being the larger of all the other tribes. Instead, Manasseh was to become the great single nation and Ephraim the company of nations. The Ephraim and Manasseh blessing is the lens through which I describe the all-important principle and practice blessing in my new book, The Power to Bless (Baker Books, Feb 2, 2021). Available for pre-order at Amazon now! As his people, we have a responsibility to live soberly and righteously in this present world. R. Judah HeḤasid, in his comment on Jacob’s blessing asserts that the subject of Genesis 48:20b, “he placed Ephraim before Manasseh,” and 48:22, “I have given you [=Joseph] an extra portion…,” is not Jacob but Moses, referring to when Moses put Ephraim before Manasseh in the tribal listings in Num 2:18-21. “By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. God’s people are an extension of Jacob’s blessings to Ephraim and Manasseh, to many nations. But instead of blessing Ephraim with his left hand and Manasseh with his right one, Jacob crossed his arms and gave Ephraim the better blessing. Jacob makes it clear that both preventing the negative and striving for the positive—defense and offense—are important, as both boys receive blessings. As Manasseh does this, he will reap the blessing of the patriarchs with visible results. In this Torah portion, we also read about the adoption of Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, by their grandfather, Jacob. Furthermore, we see clarified here that the national birthright blessing of a nation and company of nations given in Genesis 35:11 did not refer to the tribes of Israel generally. Manasseh, the older son, was placed at the right hand of Jacob in order to, as was customary, receive the better blessing. Genesis 48:6, Your two sons…are mine. Here Jacob was adopting Joseph’s two sons as his own, who in effect replaced Joseph as Jacob’s heir. Ephraim is to head up this great work, but Manasseh is to roll up his sleeves and be there at his side. God’s plan through the gospel is to bring all nations to him and to make them his people. Reuben and Simeon were disqualified because of sins they committed (see 1 Chr 5:1–2). Jacob dies, and Genesis concludes with Joseph's death in Egypt. These two leading tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh, were to become the heads of the two great sections into which Israel was to be divided. This grand outpouring of bounty is a sign of the times. Manasseh represents overcoming the obstacles imposed by one’s past, and Ephraim represents advancement and growth. Genesis 48:5, Ephraim and Manasseh.
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