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Manasseh, Son of Joseph The Firstborn, Whose Name Means Forgetting
About Manasseh, Son of Joseph
Manasseh was the elder of the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt, and his father named him saying God has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house. When Jacob blessed the boys he crossed his hands and put the right hand on the younger, and Joseph tried to move it. His tribe took land on both sides of the Jordan.
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Manasseh, Son of Joseph's Character Traits
Manasseh, Son of Joseph's Life Timeline
Brought to his grandfatherc. 1859 BC
Joseph brings both sons to the sick Jacob, who claims them as his own.
GEN 48:1-5The crossed handsc. 1859 BC
Jacob sets his right hand on Ephraim and refuses to move it, blessing the younger first.
GEN 48:13-20The burial in Canaanc. 1859 BC
The house of Joseph goes up to bury Jacob in the cave at Machpelah.
GEN 50:7-13
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The Hand That Was Not Moved
Joseph, who had been the favoured younger son himself, tried to put the birthright back in the usual order, and his father would not let him. Manasseh is blessed and named in the same breath as his brother, and still set second. The text does not soften it, and it does not make him the lesser man.
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