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American Standard Version
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And
it
came
to
pass
after
these
things,
that
one
said
to
Joseph ,
Behold
, thy
father is sick:
and
he took
with him
his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Some
time
later
Joseph was
told
, “Your
father is ill.”
So
he set
out
with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
And
one
told
Jacob ,
and
said,
Behold
, thy
son Joseph cometh
unto
thee:
and
Israel
strengthened
himself
, and sat upon
the
bed.
When
Jacob was
told
, “Your
son Joseph has
come
to
you
, ”
Israel
rallied
his
strength
and sat up
in
bed.
And
Jacob said unto
Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto
me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me ,
Jacob said to
Joseph, “
God Almighty appeared to
me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there
He
blessed me
and said
unto
me, Behold, I will make thee
fruitful ,
and multiply thee,
and
I will make of
thee
a company
of peoples, and will give this land to thy
seed
after thee
for
an everlasting possession.
and told
me, ‘
Behold, I will make you
fruitful and multiply you;
I will make you
a multitude
of peoples, and will give this land to your
descendants
after you
as
an everlasting possession. ’
And now thy
two sons ,
who
were
born unto
thee
in the
land
of
Egypt before I came unto
thee
into
Egypt,
are
mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even
as Reuben and Simeon ,
shall
be
mine.
And now your
two sons born to
you
in Egypt before I came to
you
here
shall
be
reckoned
as
mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall
be
mine
, just
as Reuben and Simeon are
mine.
And
thy
issue,
that
thou
begettest
after them ,
shall be thine;
they shall be called after
the name
of their brethren
in their
inheritance
.
Any
children
born
to
you
after them shall be yours,
and
they shall be called by
the names
of their brothers
in the
territory
they
inherit
.
And
as for me, when I came
from Paddan, Rachel died by
me
in the land of Canaan in
the
way
, when
there
was
still
some distance to
come
unto
Ephrath :
and
I buried her there in
the way
to Ephrath ( the
same
is Beth-lehem
).
Now
as for me, when I was
returning
from Paddan, to
my
sorrow
Rachel died along
the
way
in the land of Canaan, some distance from
Ephrath .
So
I buried her there beside
the road
to Ephrath ”
( that
is ,
Bethlehem
).
And
Israel beheld
Joseph's
sons, and
said
, Who are these?
When
Israel saw
the
sons of
Joseph
, he
asked
, “
Who are these? ”
And
Joseph said unto
his father, They are my
sons ,
whom
God hath
given me here
. And
he
said, Bring them ,
I
pray
thee,
unto
me, and
I will
bless them.
Joseph said to
his father, “
They are the
sons God has
given me in
this
place
. ”
So
Jacob
said, “Please
bring them to
me, that
I may
bless them. ”
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.
Now Israel’s
eyesight
was
poor
because
of old
age ;
he could hardly
see. Joseph
brought his
sons
to
him ,
and his
father
kissed them and embraced them.
And
Israel
said
unto
Joseph,
I had
not
thought
to see thy
face :
and
, lo
, God hath
let me see thy
seed
also
.
“
I never
expected
to see your
face again
, ”
Israel
said
to
Joseph
, “but
now
God has
let me see your
children
as
well
. ”
And
Joseph brought
them
out
from between
his knees ;
and he
bowed himself
with
his
face
to
the
earth
.
Then
Joseph removed
his
sons
from his father’s
knees and bowed facedown
.
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.
And Joseph took both of
them—with
Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s
left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s
right hand —
and brought them close
to
him.
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 first-born
.
But
Israel stretched out his right hand and put
it on
the
head of
Ephraim
, the younger ;
and crossing
his hands,
he
put
his
left on
Manasseh’s
head, although
Manasseh was the firstborn
.
And
he blessed Joseph ,
and said ,
The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did
walk
, the God who hath
fed
me
all my life long
unto
this day,
Then
he blessed Joseph and said :
“May
the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked
, the God who has
been
my
shepherd
all my life to
this day,
the angel who hath
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.
the angel who has
redeemed me from all harm—
may
He
bless these
boys.
And may
they
be
called
by
my name and the names
of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ,
and may
they
grow into a multitude upon
the earth. ”
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.
When Joseph saw that his father had
placed
his right hand on
Ephraim’s
head, he
was
displeased and took
his father’s
hand to move
it from Ephraim’s
head to
Manasseh’s
.
And
Joseph
said
unto
his
father,
Not so, my father ;
for
this is the first-born
; put thy
right hand upon
his head.
“
Not so, my father !”
Joseph
said.
“
This one
is the firstborn
; put your
right hand on
his head. ”
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 :
howbeit
his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed
shall become a multitude of nations.
But
his father refused .
“
I know, my son, I know !”
he
said
. “
He too
shall become a people, and he too
shall be great ;
nevertheless,
his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring
shall become a multitude of nations. ”
And
he
blessed
them
that day ,
saying,
In
thee
will
Israel bless,
saying,
God make thee
as
Ephraim and as
Manasseh :
and
he set
Ephraim before Manasseh.
So
that day Jacob
blessed
them
and
said:
“By
you
shall
Israel pronounce
this
blessing:
‘May
God make you
like
Ephraim and Manasseh .’”
So
he put
Ephraim before Manasseh.
And
Israel said unto
Joseph, Behold
, I die :
but God will be with you ,
and bring you again
unto
the land of your fathers.
Then
Israel said to
Joseph, “Look
, I am
about
to
die ,
but God will be with you and bring you back
to
the land of your fathers.
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.
And
to you,
as
one who
is
above your
brothers
, I give
the ridge
of land
that
I
took
from
the Amorites
with my sword and bow. ”
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