“And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.”
Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are mine. The adoption of Ephraim and Manasseh as Jacob's own sons — equal in covenant standing to Reuben and Simeon — means the Egyptian-born sons of Joseph will each receive a tribal inheritance in Canaan. The application: the covenant adoption that gives full inheritance status to the children of the next generation extends the covenant family across the boundary between the promised land and the land of exile.
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