Genesis 48:22

Ephraim's Greater Blessing

²¹ And Israel said unto Joseph, "Behold, I die. And God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. ²² Moreover, I give unto thee a portion of land above thy brethren which I gat out of the hands of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow."

Amorite

Amorites

Shechem

Joshua 24:32

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem, for a hundredth pieces of silver, which parcel became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

John 4:5

Then came he to a city of Samaria called Sychar, beside the possession that Jacob gave to his son Joseph,

Genesis 15:16

and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full."

Genesis 33:19

and bought a parcel of ground - where he pitched his tent - of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred lambs.

Genesis 34:28

and took their sheep, oxen, asses and whatsoever was in the city and also in the fields.

Deuteronomy 21:17

But he shall know the son of the hated for his firstborn, that he give him double of all that he hath. For he is the first of his strength, and to him belongeth the right of the firstbornship.

Joshua 17:14-18

And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, "Why hast thou given us but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we be much people, and forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed us so?"

Judges 11:23

So now seeing the LORD God of Israel hath cast out the Amorites before his people, shouldest thou possess the land?

1 Chronicles 5:2

For unto Judah which was mighty among his brethren, was given the principality before him. But the birthright was given Joseph.

Ezekiel 47:13

"Thus sayeth the LORD God: Let this be the border, wherein ye shall divide the land unto the twelve tribes of Israel, with the line.

Amos 2:9

"'Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, that was as high as the Cedar trees, and as strong as the oaks: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruit from above and his root from under.