Genesis 48:1 - Prayer Tents

48After this Joseph was told, "Your father is ill." So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.H310H1697H559H3130H1H2470H3947H8147H1121H4519H669 2When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," he summoned his strength and sat up in bed.H5046H3290H559H1121H3130H935H3478H2388H3427H4296 3And Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me,H3290H559H3130H410H7706H7200H3870H776H3667H1288 4and said to me, 'I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers; I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for a perpetual holding.'H559H6509H7235H5414H6951H5971H5414H776H2233H310H5769H272 5Therefore your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are now mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are.H8147H1121H669H4519H3205H776H4714H5704H935H4714H7205H8095 6As for the offspring born to you after them, they shall be yours. They shall be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.H4138H3205H310H7121H5921H8034H251H5159 7For when I came from Paddan, Rachel, alas, died in the land of Canaan on the way, while there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).H935H6307H7354H4191H776H3667H1870H5750H3530H776H935H672H6912H1870H672H1035 8When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?"H3478H7200H3130H1121H559 9Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." And he said, "Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them."H3130H559H1H1121H430H5414H559H3947H1288 10Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, and he could not see well. So Joseph brought them near him; and he kissed them and embraced them.H5869H3478H3513H2207H3201H7200H5066H5401H2263 11Israel said to Joseph, "I did not expect to see your face; and here God has let me see your children also."H3478H559H3130H6419H7200H6440H430H7200H2233 12Then Joseph removed them from his father's knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.H3130H3318H5973H1290H7812H639H776 13Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them near him.H3130H3947H8147H669H3225H3478H8040H4519H8040H3478H3225H5066 14But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn.H3478H7971H3225H7896H669H7218H6810H8040H4519H7218H7919H3027H7919H4519H1060 15He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,H1288H3130H559H430H6440H1H85H3327H1980H430H7462H5750H3117 16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys; and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude on the earth."H4397H1350H7451H1288H5288H8034H7121H8034H1H85H3327H1711H7230H7130H776 17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.H3130H7200H1H7896H3225H3027H7218H669H3415H5869H8551H1H3027H5493H669H7218H4519H7218 18Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father! Since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head."H3130H559H1H1H1060H7760H3225H7218 19But his father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations."H1H3985H559H3045H1121H3045H5971H1431H199H6996H251H1431H2233H4393H1471 20So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will invoke blessings, saying, 'God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.'" So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.H1288H3117H559H3478H1288H559H430H7760H669H4519H7760H669H6440H4519 21Then Israel said to Joseph, "I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your ancestors.H3478H559H3130H4191H430H7725H776H1 22I 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."H5414H259H7926H251H3947H3027H567H2719H7198