{"id":990,"date":"2025-03-06T09:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T07:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shalom-everlasting.com\/staging\/?p=990"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:11:14","slug":"genesis-47-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shalom-everlasting.com\/staging\/scripture-daily-reading-plan\/genesis-47-48\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis 47-48"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Making a vow\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Then he said, \u201cSwear to me.\u201d So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Genesis 47:31<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Genesis 47:31 And Jacob said, \u201cSwear to me.\u201d And he swore to him.\u00a0 So far there has already been 3 instances of swearing oaths.\u00a0 Genesis 24, 25 and 26 with Abraham twice, and Jacob making his brother Esauw swear for his birthright.\u00a0 And not just swear \u2013 but swear by the name of YHVH.\u00a0 So to absolutely make an oath by YHVHs\u2019 name is not a sin \u2013 BUT \u2013 see the warnings we get from doing this:<\/p>

Ecclesiastes 5:4 \u201cWhen you make a vow to Elohim, do not delay to pay it, for He takes no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you have vowed.\u201d<\/p>

Even Yeshua quoted the laws from Moses, that we are not to swear falsely or use YHVHs\u2019 name falsely (3rd commandment), see how serious your words and commitments are:<\/p>

Matthew 5 :\u00a0\u00a033 \u201cAgain, you heard that it was said to those of old, \u2018You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to YHVH.\u2019\u00a0 34 \u201cBut I say to you, do not swear at all, neither by the heaven, because it is Elohim\u2019s throne;\u00a0 35 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Yerushalayim, for it is the city of the great Sovereign; 36 nor swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.\u00a0 37 \u201cBut let your word \u2018Yea\u2019 be \u2018Yea,\u2019 and your \u2018No\u2019 be \u2018No.\u2019 And what goes beyond these is from the wicked one”<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Josephs' 2 sons\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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So now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Again we have a story of two sons!\u00a0 And the focus on olders vs younger.<\/p>

Gen 48:5 \u201cAnd now, your two sons,\u00a0Ephrayim and Menashsheh<\/strong>, who were born to you in the land of Mitsrayim before I came to you in Mitsrayim, are mine \u2013 as Re\u2019u\u1e07\u0115n and Shim\u201bon, they are mine.\u201d<\/p>

The 12 tribes have 2 extra members!\u00a0 Although there are always talked about the 12 tribes. Later there is a change in the members.\u00a0 We see Joshua who takes the Hebrews into the promised land, is from the tribe of Ephraim (the younger one who is promised to lead).<\/p>

Genesis 48:14 \u201cAnd Yisra\u2019\u0115l stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephrayim\u2019s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Menashsheh\u2019s head, consciously directing his hands, for Menashsheh was the first-born.\u201d<\/p>

Later when the tribes split into North and South, there are 10 tribes in the North \u2013 and Ephraim is the symbol or head of those tribes.\u00a0 When prophets like Hosea prophesied over Ephraim \u2013 they were talking about all 10 tribes.<\/p>

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Then Joseph took them from his knees and bowed with his face to the ground.\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Genesis 48:12-15 \u2013 and Joseph took his two grandsons by his\u00a0knees (H1290 \u2013 bere\u1e35<\/a>)<\/strong>, and he\u00a0blessed<\/strong>\u00a0them.\u00a0 In a previous notes (genesis-22-24) we looked at the meaning of the word Bless (\u00a0H1288 \u2013 b\u0101ra\u1e35<\/a>) which means knee.\u00a0 And the knee also\u00a0means to graft<\/strong> in \u2013 like a branch into a tree.\u00a0 And this is exactly what Joseph is doing \u2013 he says, these two sons are now HIS OWN SONS.\u00a0 But also, just the classic picture of a grandfather putting the grandchildren on his knees and blessing them.. so beautiful!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Making a vow Then he said, \u201cSwear to me.\u201d So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed. Genesis 47:31 Genesis 47:31 And Jacob said, \u201cSwear to me.\u201d And he swore to him.\u00a0 So far there has already been 3 instances of swearing oaths.\u00a0 Genesis 24, 25 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[684,23],"tags":[84,60,83,81,82,80],"hebrew-word":[692,709,710,704],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-684","category-genesis","tag-adopt","tag-bless","tag-grafted-in","tag-josephs","tag-knees","tag-vow","hebrew-word-barak","hebrew-word-saba","hebrew-word-sebet","hebrew-word-yosep"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t