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Genesis 48:5

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two sons: Genesis 41:50-52, Genesis 46:20; Joshua 13:7, Joshua 14:4, 16:1-17:18

are mine: Leviticus 20:26; Numbers 1:10, Numbers 1:32-35, Numbers 26:28-37; Isaiah 43:1; Ezekiel 16:8; Malachi 3:17; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Ephesians 1:5

Reuben: 1 Chronicles 5:1-2; Revelation 7:6-7

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