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Chapter 48
- 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 shewed 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.
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