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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Genesis
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 48
And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold,
thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and
Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. And Jacob said unto
Joseph, ^3 God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and
blessed me, and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to
thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. And now thy two sons, who
were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt,
are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. And
thy issue, that thou ^4 begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be
called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. And as for me,
when I came from Paddan, Rachel died ^5 by me in the land of Canaan in the
way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her
there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth- lehem).
[Footnote 3: Heb. El Shaddai.]
[Footnote 4: Or, hast begotten]
[Footnote 5: Or, to my sorrow]
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? And Joseph
said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he
said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 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. And Israel said unto
Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy
seed also. And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed
himself with his face to the earth. 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. 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, ^1 guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh
was the first-born. And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my
fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long
unto this day, the angel who hath 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. 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. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my
father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. 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: howbeit his younger brother shall be
greater than he, and his seed shall become ^2 a multitude of nations. And he
blessed them that day, saying, ^3 In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make
thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. And
Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring
you again unto the land of your fathers. Moreover I have given to thee one ^4
portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with
my sword and with my bow.
[Footnote 1: Or, crossing his hands]
[Footnote 2: Heb. fulness.]
[Footnote 3: Or, By]
[Footnote 4: Or, mountain slope Heb. shechem, shoulder.]