Genesis 48:1 - Prayer Tents

48Some time after this, Joseph was told, "Your father is weaker." So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.H310H1697H559H3130H1H2470H3947H8147H1121H4519H669 2When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.H5046H3290H559H1121H3130H935H3478H2388H3427H4296 3Jacob said to Joseph, " God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.H3290H559H3130H410H7706H7200H3870H776H3667H1288 4He said to me, 'I will make you fruitful and numerous; I will make many nations [come from] you, and I will give this land as an eternal possession to your descendants to come.'H559H6509H7235H5414H6951H5971H5414H776H2233H310H5769H272 5Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.H8147H1121H669H4519H3205H776H4714H5704H935H4714H7205H8095 6Children born to you after them will be yours and will be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.H4138H3205H310H7121H5921H8034H251H5159 7When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath," (that is, Bethlehem).H935H6307H7354H4191H776H3667H1870H5750H3530H776H935H672H6912H1870H672H1035 8When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?"H3478H7200H3130H1121H559 9And Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons God has given me here." So Jacob said, "Bring them to me and I will bless them."H3130H559H1H1121H430H5414H559H3947H1288 10Now Jacob's eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.H5869H3478H3513H2207H3201H7200H5066H5401H2263 11Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face [again], but now God has even let me see your offspring."H3478H559H3130H6419H7200H6440H430H7200H2233 12Then Joseph took them from his [father's] knees and bowed with his face to the ground.H3130H3318H5973H1290H7812H639H776 13Then Joseph took them both— with his right hand Ephraim toward Israel's left, and with his left hand Manasseh toward Israel's right— and brought them to Israel.H3130H3947H8147H669H3225H3478H8040H4519H8040H3478H3225H5066 14But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and crossing his hands, put his left on Manasseh's head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.H3478H7971H3225H7896H669H7218H6810H8040H4519H7218H7919H3027H7919H4519H1060 15Then he blessed Joseph and said: The God before whom my fathers 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— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow to be numerous within the land.H4397H1350H7451H1288H5288H8034H7121H8034H1H85H3327H1711H7230H7130H776 17When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim's head, he thought it was a mistake and took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's.H3130H7200H1H7896H3225H3027H7218H669H3415H5869H8551H1H3027H5493H669H7218H4519H7218 18Joseph said to his father, "Not that way, 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 tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation."H1H3985H559H3045H1121H3045H5971H1431H199H6996H251H1431H2233H4393H1471 20So he blessed them that day with these words: Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying, "May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh," putting Ephraim before Manasseh.H1288H3117H559H3478H1288H559H430H7760H669H4519H7760H669H6440H4519 21Then Israel said to Joseph, "Look! I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.H3478H559H3130H4191H430H7725H776H1 22Over and above what I am giving your brothers, I am giving you the one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow."H5414H259H7926H251H3947H3027H567H2719H7198