| 48:1 |
And it came to pass after these things, that one told
Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him
his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. |
| 48:2 |
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph
cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and
sat upon the bed. |
| 48:3 |
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared
unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, |
| 48:4 |
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,
and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of
people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee
for an everlasting possession. |
| 48:5 |
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which
were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came
unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon,
they shall be mine. |
| 48:6 |
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall
be thine, and shall be called after the name of their
brethren in their inheritance. |
| 48:7 |
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by
me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was
but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her
there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. |
| 48:8 |
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are
these? |
| 48:9 |
And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons,
whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring
them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. |
| 48:10 |
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he
could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he
kissed them, and embraced them. |
| 48:11 |
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see
thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed. |
| 48:12 |
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees,
and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. |
| 48:13 |
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand
toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand
toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto
him. |
| 48:14 |
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it
upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left
hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly;
for Manasseh was the firstborn. |
| 48:15 |
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my
fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me
all my life long unto this day, |
| 48:16 |
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the
lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of
my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a
multitude in the midst of the earth. |
| 48:17 |
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right
hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he
held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's
head unto Manasseh's head. |
| 48:18 |
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father:
for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his
head. |
| 48:19 |
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. |
| 48:20 |
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. |
| 48:21 |
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God
shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of
your fathers. |
| 48:22 |
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. |