ASV_Strong : Genesis 48
1. And it came to pass after[H310] these things[H1697], that one said[H559] to Joseph[H3130], Behold[H1], thy father is sick[H2470]: and he took[H3947] with him his two[H8147] sons[H1121], Manasseh[H4519] and Ephraim[H669].
2. And one told[H5046] Jacob[H3290], and said[H559], Behold[H1121], thy son Joseph[H3130] cometh[H935] unto thee[H3478]: and Israel strengthened[H2388] himself[H3427], and sat upon the bed[H4296].
3. And Jacob[H3290] said[H559] unto Joseph[H3130], God[H410] Almighty[H7706] appeared[H7200] unto me at Luz[H3870] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], and blessed me[H1288],
4. and said[H559] unto me[H6509], Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply[H7235] thee[H5414], and I will make of thee a company[H6951] of peoples[H5971], and will give[H5414] this land[H776] to thy seed[H2233] after thee[H310] for an everlasting[H5769] possession[H272].
5. And now thy two[H8147] sons[H1121], who were born[H3205] unto thee in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] before[H5704] I came[H935] unto thee into Egypt[H4714], are mine[H669]; Ephraim and Manasseh[H4519], even as Reuben[H7205] and Simeon[H8095], shall be mine.
6. And thy issue[H4138], that thou begettest[H3205] after[H310] them[H7121], shall be thine; they shall be called after[H5921] the name[H8034] of their brethren[H251] in their inheritance[H5159].
7. And as for me[H935], when I came from Paddan[H6307], Rachel[H7354] died[H4191] by me in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667] in the way[H1870], when[H5750] there was still some[H3530] distance[H776] to come[H935] unto Ephrath[H672]: and I buried her[H6912] there in the way[H1870] to Ephrath[H672] (the same is Beth-lehem[H1035]).
8. And Israel[H3478] beheld[H7200] Joseph[H3130]'s sons[H1121], and said[H559], Who are these?
9. And Joseph[H3130] said[H559] unto his father[H1], They are my sons[H1121], whom God[H430] hath given[H5414] me here[H559]. And he said, Bring them[H3947], I pray thee[H1288], unto me, and I will bless them.
10. Now the eyes[H5869] of Israel[H3478] were dim[H3513] for age[H2207], so that he could[H3201] not see[H7200]. And he brought them near[H5066] unto him[H5401]; and he kissed them[H2263], and embraced them.
11. And Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto Joseph[H3130], I had not thought[H6419] to see[H7200] thy face[H6440]: and[H430], lo, God hath let me see[H7200] thy seed also[H2233].
12. And Joseph[H3130] brought them out[H3318] from between[H5973] his knees[H1290]; and he bowed[H7812] himself with his face[H639] to the earth[H776].
13. And Joseph[H3130] took[H3947] them both[H8147], Ephraim[H669] in his right hand[H3225] toward Israel[H3478]'s left hand[H8040], and Manasseh[H4519] in his left hand[H8040] toward Israel[H3478]'s right hand[H3225], and brought them near unto him[H5066].
14. And Israel[H3478] stretched out[H7971] his right hand[H3225], and laid[H7896] it upon Ephraim[H669]'s head[H7218], who was the younger[H6810], and his left hand[H8040] upon Manasseh[H4519]'s head[H7218], guiding[H7919] his hands[H3027] wittingly[H7919]; for Manasseh[H4519] was the first-born[H1060].
15. And he blessed[H1288] Joseph[H3130], and said[H559], The God[H430] before[H6440] whom my fathers[H1] Abraham[H85] and Isaac[H3327] did walk[H1980], the God[H430] who hath fed[H7462] me all my life long[H5750] unto this day[H3117],
16. the angel[H4397] who hath redeemed[H1350] me from all evil[H7451], bless[H1288] the lads[H5288]; and let my name[H8034] be named[H8034] on them[H8034], and the name of my fathers[H1] Abraham[H85] and Isaac[H3327]; and let them grow[H1711] into a multitude[H7230] in the midst[H7130] of the earth[H776].
17. And when Joseph[H3130] saw[H7200] that his father[H1] laid[H7896] his right[H3225] hand[H3027] upon the head[H7218] of Ephraim[H669], it displeased[H3415] him[H8551]: and he held up his father[H1]'s hand[H3027], to remove[H5493] it from Ephraim[H669]'s head[H7218] unto Manasseh[H4519]'s head[H7218].
18. And Joseph[H3130] said[H559] unto his father[H1], Not so[H1], my father; for this is the first-born[H1060]; put[H7760] thy right hand[H3225] upon his head[H7218].
19. And his father[H1] refused[H3985], and said[H559], I know[H3045] it[H1121], my son, I know[H3045] it[H5971]; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great[H1431]: howbeit[H199] his younger[H6996] brother[H251] shall be greater[H1431] than he[H2233], and his seed shall become a multitude[H4393] of nations[H1471].
20. And he blessed[H1288] them that day[H3117], saying[H559], In thee will Israel[H3478] bless[H1288], saying[H559], God[H430] make[H7760] thee as Ephraim[H669] and as Manasseh[H4519]: and he set[H7760] Ephraim[H669] before[H6440] Manasseh[H4519].
21. And Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto Joseph[H3130], Behold[H4191], I die: but God[H430] will be with you[H7725], and bring you again unto the land[H776] of your fathers[H1].
22. Moreover I have given[H5414] to thee one[H259] portion[H7926] above thy brethren[H251], which I took[H3947] out of the hand[H3027] of the Amorite[H567] with my sword[H2719] and with my bow[H7198].
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