Genesis 48:1 - Prayer Tents

48Some time later Joseph was told, "Your father is ill." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.H310H1697H559H3130H1H2470H3947H8147H1121H4519H669 2When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.H5046H3290H559H1121H3130H935H3478H2388H3427H4296 3Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed meH3290H559H3130H410H7706H7200H3870H776H3667H1288 4and said to me, 'I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.'H559H6509H7235H5414H6951H5971H5414H776H2233H310H5769H272 5"Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.H8147H1121H669H4519H3205H776H4714H5704H935H4714H7205H8095 6Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers.H4138H3205H310H7121H5921H8034H251H5159 7As I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).H935H6307H7354H4191H776H3667H1870H5750H3530H776H935H672H6912H1870H672H1035 8When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, "Who are these?"H3478H7200H3130H1121H559 9"They are the sons God has given me here," Joseph said to his father. Then Israel said, "Bring them to me so I may bless them."H3130H559H1H1121H430H5414H559H3947H1288 10Now Israel's eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.H5869H3478H3513H2207H3201H7200H5066H5401H2263 11Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too."H3478H559H3130H6419H7200H6440H430H7200H2233 12Then Joseph removed them from Israel's knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.H3130H3318H5973H1290H7812H639H776 13And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel's left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel's right hand, and brought them close to him.H3130H3947H8147H669H3225H3478H8040H4519H8040H3478H3225H5066 14But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim's head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh's head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.H3478H7971H3225H7896H669H7218H6810H8040H4519H7218H7919H3027H7919H4519H1060 15Then he blessed Joseph and said, "May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,H1288H3130H559H430H6440H1H85H3327H1980H430H7462H5750H3117 16the Angel who has delivered me from all harm—may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth."H4397H1350H7451H1288H5288H8034H7121H8034H1H85H3327H1711H7230H7130H776 17When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim's head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.H3130H7200H1H7896H3225H3027H7218H669H3415H5869H8551H1H3027H5493H669H7218H4519H7218 18Joseph said to him, "No, my father, 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 too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations."H1H3985H559H3045H1121H3045H5971H1431H199H6996H251H1431H2233H4393H1471 20He blessed them that day and said, "In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: 'May God make you like Ephraim and 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 take you back to the land of your fathers.H3478H559H3130H4191H430H7725H776H1 22And to you I give one more ridge of land than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."H5414H259H7926H251H3947H3027H567H2719H7198