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NASB | Genesis 48:22 "I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 48:22 "Moreover, I have given you [the birthright,] one portion [Shechem, one mountain ridge] more than any of your brothers, which I took [reclaiming it] from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow." [Gen 33:18, 19; Josh 24:32, 33; John 4:5] |
Bible Question:
Can someone explain this verse. especally 48:22b Is Jacob speking prophetically because I don't see anywheres where Jacob actually had the war which he is talking about here. |
Bible Answer: Greetings DarcyA, "Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow." (ESV) Here is a bit of commentary on this verse.. "48:22 one portion. A particular tract of ground conquered by Jacob (perhaps the same one referred to in John 4:5)." (1) "48:22 one portion more. The Hebrew for this phrase is identical with the place-name Shechem, where Joseph was later buried in a plot of ground inherited by his descendants (see Josh. 24:32; see also 33:19; John 4:5). .." (2) "48:22 one portion...with my sword. Jacob's history does not record any conquest of Amorite land. He did purchase property from the children of Hamor (Gen. 33:19) but that was not by conquest. At some time this military event had actually occurred, but for some unknown reason it finds no other mention in God's revelation." (3) "48:22 In Hebrew 'one mountain slope' (or "shoulder") is a play on the name Shechem, the important city which lay in the territory of Joseph (see 12:6 note - [12:6: Shechem, located at the commercial crossroads of Canaan in the pass between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, was a flourishing city during the second millennium B.C. (Judges chapter 9).])." (4) Blessings to you, Makarios (1) Ryrie Study Bible, Expanded Edition, Charles C. Ryrie, 1995, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, pg. 82 (2) Zondervan NASB Study Bible, Kenneth Barker, 1999, the Zondervan Corporation, pg. 70 (3) The MacArthur Study Bible, John MacArthur, 1997, Word Publishing, pg. 86 (4) The Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Bruce M. Metzger, 1965, Oxford University Press, pgs. 15, 63 |
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