《圣经》（新旧约全书）

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他父亲不从，说，我知道，我儿，我知道。他也必成为一族，也必昌大。只是他的兄弟将来比他还大。他兄弟的后裔要成为多族。

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations

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当日就给他们祝福说，以色列人要指着你们祝福说，愿神使你如以法莲，玛拿西一样。于是立以法莲在玛拿西以上。
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh

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以色列又对约瑟说，我要死了，但神必与你们同在，领你们回到你们列祖之地。
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers

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并且我从前用弓用刀从亚摩利人手下夺的那块地，我都赐给你，使你比众弟兄多得一分。

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow

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雅各叫了他的儿子们来，说，你们都来聚集，我好把你们日后必遇的事告诉你们。

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days

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雅各的儿子们，你们要聚集而听，要听你们父亲以色列的话。

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father

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流便哪，你是我的长子，是我力量强壮的时候生的，本当大有尊荣，权力超众。
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power

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但你放纵情欲，滚沸如水，必不得居首位。因为你上了你父亲的床，污秽了我的榻。
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch

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西缅和利未是弟兄。他们的刀剑是残忍的器具。
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations

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我的灵阿，不要与他们同谋。我的心哪，不要与他们联络。因为他们趁怒杀害人命，任意砍断牛腿大筋。
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall