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1
Now 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.
2
When it was told
to Jacob,
"Behold,
your son
Joseph
has come
to you," Israel
collected his strength
and sat
up in the bed.
3
Then Jacob
said
to Joseph,
"God
Almighty
appeared
to me at Luz
in the land
of Canaan
and blessed
me,
4
and 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.'
5
"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.
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.
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)."
8
When Israel
saw
Joseph's
sons,
he said,
"Who
are these?"
9
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."
10
Now 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.
11
Israel
said
to Joseph,
"I never
expected
to see
your face,
and behold,
God
has let me see
your children
as well."
12
Then Joseph
took
them from his knees,
and bowed
with his face
to the ground.
13
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.
14
But 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 firstborn.
15
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,
16
The 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."
17
When 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
.
18
Joseph
said
to his father,
"Not so,
my father,
for this one
is the firstborn.
Place
your right hand
on his head."
19
But his father
refused
and said,
"I know,
my son,
I know;
he also
will become
a people
and
he also
will be great.
However,
his younger
brother
shall be greater
than
he, and his descendants
shall become
a multitude
of nations."
20
He blessed
them that day,
saying,
"By you Israel
will pronounce blessing,
saying,
'May God
make
you like
Ephraim
and Manasseh!'"
Thus he put
Ephraim
before
Manasseh.
21
Then 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.
22
"I give
you one
portion
more than
your brothers,
which
I took
from the hand
of the Amorite
with my sword
and my bow."
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