Genesis 48:22
Good News Translation
It is to you and not to your brothers that I am giving Shechem, that fertile region which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."

New Revised Standard Version
I now give to you one portion more than to your brothers, the portion that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, I'm giving you the hillside I captured from the Amorites."

New American Bible
As for me, I give to you, as to the one above his brothers, Shechem, which I captured from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow.

given.

Genesis 33:19 And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem, for a hundred lambs.

Deuteronomy 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, and shall give him a double portion of all he hath: for this is the first of his children, and to him are due the first birthrights.

Joshua 24:32 And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel had taken out of Egypt, they buried in Sichem, in that part of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hemor the father of Sichem, for a hundred young ewes, and it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.

1 Chronicles 5:2 But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was accounted to Joseph.)

Ezekiel 47:13 Thus saith the Lord God: This is the border, by which you shall possess the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: for Joseph hath a double portion.

John 4:5 He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Amorite.

Genesis 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.

Genesis 34:28 And they took their sheep, and their herds, and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in their fields.

Joshua 17:14-18 And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, and said: Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to possess, whereas I am of so great a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed me? . . .

Judges 11:23 So the Lord, the God of Israel, destroyed the Amorrhite, his people of Israel fighting against him, and wilt thou now possess his land?

Amos 2:9 Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.

Context
Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
21And he said to Joseph, his son: Behold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers. 22I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow.
Cross References
John 4:5
He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Joshua 24:32
And the bones of Joseph which the children of Israel had taken out of Egypt, they buried in Sichem, in that part of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hemor the father of Sichem, for a hundred young ewes, and it was in the possession of the sons of Joseph.

Genesis 48:21
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