GENESIS 48      Other translations  -  previous  -  next  -  meaning  -  Genesis  -  BM Home  -  Full Page

1. And it came to pass after these words, that one said unto Joseph, Behold thy father is sick; and he took his two sons with him, 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 Shaddai appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

4. And He said unto me, Behold I will make thee fruitful, and will cause thee to be multiplied, and will make of thee a company of peoples; and I will give this land to thy seed after thee for an eternal possession.

5. And now thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, they are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

6. And thy generation, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine; upon the name of their brethren they shall be called in their inheritance.

7. And I, in my coming from Paddan, Rachel died upon me in the land of Canaan, in the way, when there was still a tract of land to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath, the same is Bethlehem.

8. And Israel saw the sons of Joseph, and said, Whose are these?

9. And Joseph said unto his father, These are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Take them I pray unto me, and I will bless them.

10. And the eyes of Israel were heavy with old age; 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 faces; and lo God hath made me see thy seed also.

12. And Joseph brought them away from his thighs; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

13. And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand on Israel‘s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand on Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto him.

14. And Israel put forth his right hand, and put it upon Ephraim‘s head, and he was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, he put forth his hands crosswise; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

15. And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers walked, Abraham and Isaac, the God who feedeth me since I am unto this day,

16. The Angel who redeemeth me from all evil, bless the boys; and let my name be called in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow unto a multitude in the midst of the earth.

17. And Joseph saw that his father put his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, and it was evil in his eyes; and he laid hold of the hand of his father to remove it from upon Ephraim‘s head upon Manasseh’s head.

18. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

19. And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know; be also shall be for a people, and he also shall become great; and nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be the fulness of the nations.

20. And he blessed them in this day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh; and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

21. And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; and God shall be with you, and shall bring you back unto the land of your fathers.

22. And I give thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.