48Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, "Indeed your father is sick"; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.H310H1697H559H3130H1H2470H3947H8147H1121H4519H669 2And Jacob was told, "Look, your son Joseph is coming to you"; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.H5046H3290H559H1121H3130H935H3478H2388H3427H4296 3Then Jacob said to Joseph: "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,H3290H559H3130H410H7706H7200H3870H776H3667H1288 4"and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.'H559H6509H7235H5414H6951H5971H5414H776H2233H310H5769H272 5"And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.H8147H1121H669H4519H3205H776H4714H5704H935H4714H7205H8095 6"Your offspring whom you beget after them shall be yours; they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.H4138H3205H310H7121H5921H8034H251H5159 7"But as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)."H935H6307H7354H4191H776H3667H1870H5750H3530H776H935H672H6912H1870H672H1035 8Then Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"H3478H7200H3130H1121H559 9And Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place." And he said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."H3130H559H1H1121H430H5414H559H3947H1288 10Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.H5869H3478H3513H2207H3201H7200H5066H5401H2263 11And Israel said to Joseph, "I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!"H3478H559H3130H6419H7200H6440H430H7200H2233 12So Joseph brought them from beside his knees, and he bowed down with his face to the earth.H3130H3318H5973H1290H7812H639H776 13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near him.H3130H3947H8147H669H3225H3478H8040H4519H8040H3478H3225H5066 14Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.H3478H7971H3225H7896H669H7218H6810H8040H4519H7218H7919H3027H7919H4519H1060 15And he blessed Joseph, and said: "God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has fed me all my life long to this day,H1288H3130H559H430H6440H1H85H3327H1980H430H7462H5750H3117 16The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."H4397H1350H7451H1288H5288H8034H7121H8034H1H85H3327H1711H7230H7130H776 17Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of 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 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; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations."H1H3985H559H3045H1121H3045H5971H1431H199H6996H251H1431H2233H4393H1471 20So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will bless, saying, 'May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!'" And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.H1288H3117H559H3478H1288H559H430H7760H669H4519H7760H669H6440H4519 21Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.H3478H559H3130H4191H430H7725H776H1 22"Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow."H5414H259H7926H251H3947H3027H567H2719H7198
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