“And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.”
Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit, they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers. The clarification about future sons preserves the tribal structure. Only Ephraim and Manasseh are fully adopted; future sons will be counted within their brothers' inheritances. The application: the specific and intentional act of adoption is more meaningful than a blanket declaration — Jacob names exactly who is adopted and under what terms.
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