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Genesis 48:21

וַ יֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל יֹוסֵף הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מֵת וְ הָיָה אֶלֹהִים עִמָּכֶם וְ הֵשִׁיב אֶתְכֶם אֶל אֶרֶץ אֲבֹתֵיכֶם
And El-Strives is saying toward He-Adds, `Behold, myself is him-who-dies, and elohim has become with you all,1349 and he has caused אֶת-you all to turn back toward the earth of your fathers.
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Hebrew וְהָיָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם, hayah elohim immakem. elohim has become with you all. The words for “you” is in this verse are in the masculine plural. This saying parallels the name Immanuel which means “el is with us” See Isaiah 7:14, 8:8 and Matt. 1:23. It prophesies the coming of the Chosen ones to the Earth. They are called by many names by the prophets among which is “House of Joseph”, Obadiah 1:18, Amos 5:6, Zechariah 10:6, etc.