What is Jacob doing? The interesting thing that is happening here is that Jacob is giving Joseph his inheritance as the firstborn son, the double portion. Jacob blessed each of his sons (the next chapter) and instead of blessing Joseph, he blessed his two sons. If you look in the Bible there is no tribe of Joseph. There are the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. The Bible speaks of the 12 tribes but Jacob/Israel actually creates 13. We will see later how this unfolds but it is an interesting development and clearly, it is the will of God.
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