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CHAPTER 48
And it came to pass after these things, that
one
told Joseph, Behold, thy father
is
sick: and he took
with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2
And
one
told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son
Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3
And Jacob said
unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4
And
said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude
of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee
for
an everlasting possession.
5
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt
before I came unto thee into Egypt,
are
mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
6
And
thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine,
and
shall be called after the name of their
brethren in their inheritance.
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And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the
land of Canaan in the way, when yet
there was
but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried
her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
8
And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and
said, Who
are
these?
9
And Joseph said unto his father, They
are
my sons, whom God hath given
me in this
place.
And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
10
Now the
eyes of Israel were dim for age,
so that
he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and
he kissed them, and embraced them.
11
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy
face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
12
And Joseph brought them out from between
his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
13
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim
in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand,
and brought
them
near unto him.
14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s
head, who
was
the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly;
for Manasseh
was
the firstborn.
15
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk,
the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
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The Angel which redeemed me from all
evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and
Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
17
And when Joseph saw that
his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s
hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
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And Joseph said unto his father,
Not so, my father: for this
is
the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
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And his father refused,
and said, I know
it,
my son, I know
it:
he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great:
but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of
nations.
20
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee
as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
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And Israel said unto Joseph,
Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of
the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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