Genesis 48:1 - Prayer Tents

48Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is sick." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.H310H1697H559H3130H1H2470H3947H8147H1121H4519H669 2When it was told to Jacob, "Behold, your son Joseph has come to you," Israel collected his strength and sat up in the bed.H5046H3290H559H1121H3130H935H3478H2388H3427H4296 3Then Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,H3290H559H3130H410H7706H7200H3870H776H3667H1288 4and He said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.'H559H6509H7235H5414H6951H5971H5414H776H2233H310H5769H272 5"And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.H8147H1121H669H4519H3205H776H4714H5704H935H4714H7205H8095 6"But your offspring that have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance.H4138H3205H310H7121H5921H8034H251H5159 7"Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when 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 9And Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." So he said, "Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them."H3130H559H1H1121H430H5414H559H3947H1288 10Now the eyes of Israel were [so] dim from age [that] he could not see. Then Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.H5869H3478H3513H2207H3201H7200H5066H5401H2263 11And Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your children as well."H3478H559H3130H6419H7200H6440H430H7200H2233 12Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground.H3130H3318H5973H1290H7812H639H776 13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them close to 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 Manasseh's head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the first-born.H3478H7971H3225H7896H669H7218H6810H8040H4519H7218H7919H3027H7919H4519H1060 15And 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 evil, Bless the lads; And may my name live on in them, And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. "H4397H1350H7451H1288H5288H8034H7121H8034H1H85H3327H1711H7230H7130H776 17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.H3130H7200H1H7896H3225H3027H7218H669H3415H5869H8551H1H3027H5493H669H7218H4519H7218 18And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the first-born. Place 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. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations."H1H3985H559H3045H1121H3045H5971H1431H199H6996H251H1431H2233H4393H1471 20And he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel shall pronounce blessing, saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!'" Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.H1288H3117H559H3478H1288H559H430H7760H669H4519H7760H669H6440H4519 21Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers.H3478H559H3130H4191H430H7725H776H1 22"And I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow."H5414H259H7926H251H3947H3027H567H2719H7198