Genesis 50:23

Attributed to Jörg Breu the Younger, Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh, c. 1534–1547 · Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0Attributed to Jörg Breu the Younger, Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh, c. 1534–1547, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Genesis 50:23 (WEB)
Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.

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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVI.40Book XVI
“…possibly be in existence when Jacob came into Egypt, and there found his grandsons, the sons of Joseph, their grandsires, still boys under nine years of age.” — editor's note: Augustin here follows the Septuagint, which at Gen. xlvi. 20 adds these names to those of Manasseh and Ephraim, and at ver. 27 gives the whole number as…
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Genesis 46:8
Cited together in The City of God XVI.40.
Genesis 46:20
Cited together in The City of God XVI.40.

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VerseGenesis 46:8
via The City of God XVI.40
VerseGenesis 46:20
via The City of God XVI.40

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PassageThe City of God XVI.40

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