Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Some
time
later
Joseph was
told
, “Your
father is ill.”
So
he set
out
with
his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
after
these
things,
that
`one'
saith
to
Joseph, `Lo,
thy
father is sick;'
and
he taketh
his two sons with
him
, Manasseh and Ephraim.
When
Jacob was
told
, “Your
son Joseph has
come
to
you,”
Israel rallied
his
strength
and sat
up
in
bed.
And
`one'
declareth
to
Jacob, and
saith,
`Lo,
thy
son Joseph is
coming
unto
thee;'
and
Israel doth
strengthen
himself,
and sit
upon
the
bed.
Jacob said
to
Joseph, “
God Almighty appeared to
me at
Luz in the land of Canaan, and there
He
blessed
me
And
Jacob saith
unto
Joseph, `
God Almighty hath
appeared unto
me ,
in
Luz ,
in the land of Canaan, and blesseth
me ,
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 saith
unto
me, Lo
, I am
making
thee
fruitful ,
and have
multiplied
thee,
and
given
thee
for
an
assembly
of peoples, and given
this land to thy
seed
after thee,
a
possession age-during
.
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 now ,
thy
two sons ,
who
are
born to thee
in the
land
of
Egypt ,
before my
coming
unto
thee
to Egypt,
mine they
`are'
; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon they
are mine ;
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
thy
family
which
thou
hast
begotten
after them are
thine;
by the name
of their brethren
they are
called
in
their
inheritance
.
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
I --
in
my coming
in
from
Padan-`Aram'
Rachel hath
died by
me
in the land of Canaan, in
the
way,
while
yet
a
kibrath
of
land
to
enter
Ephrata,
and
I bury
her there in
the way
of
Ephrata
, which
`is'
Bethlehem. '
When
Israel saw
the sons of Joseph, he
asked
, “
Who are these? ”
And
Israel seeth
the sons of Joseph, and
saith
, `
Who `
are '
these? '
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. ”
and
Joseph saith
unto
his father, `
They `
are '
my
sons ,
whom
God hath
given to
me in this `
place ';'
and
he
saith
, `
Bring them ,
I
pray
thee,
unto
me, and
I bless 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
the
eyes
of Israel
have
been
heavy
from
age ,
he is
unable
to see;
and
he
bringeth
them
nigh
unto
him, and he
kisseth
them ,
and cleaveth
to
them ;
“I
never
expected
to see your
face again
, ”
Israel
said
to
Joseph
, “but
now
God has
let
me see
your
children
as
well
. ”
and
Israel
saith
unto
Joseph,
`
To see thy
face I
had
not
thought
, and
lo
, God hath
shewed
me also
thy
seed
. '
Then
Joseph removed
his
sons
from his father’s
knees and bowed
facedown.
And
Joseph bringeth
them
out
from between
his knees ,
and boweth
himself
on
his
face
to
the
earth;
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 Joseph taketh
them both,
Ephraim in his right hand towards
Israel's
left, and Manasseh in his left towards
Israel's
right ,
and bringeth
`
them '
nigh
to him.
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
Israel putteth
out his right hand ,
and placeth
`
it '
upon
the head of Ephraim, who
`is'
the younger, and
his left hand
upon
the
head of
Manasseh;
he
hath
guided
his
hands
wisely
, for
Manasseh `is'
the first-born
.
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 ,
And
he blesseth
Joseph ,
and saith,
`
God ,
before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually:
God who is
feeding
me
from
my being
unto
this day :
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
. ”
the Messenger
who is
redeeming
me from all evil
doth
bless the
youths,
and my name is
called
upon
them,
and the name
of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ;
and they increase
into a multitude in
the midst
of
the
land
. '
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 seeth
that his father setteth
his right hand on the
head of
Ephraim
, and it
is
wrong
in
his eyes,
and
he
supporteth
the
hand of
his
father
to turn
it aside
from off
the
head of
Ephraim
to the
head
of
Manasseh;
“
Not so, my father !”
Joseph
said.
“
This one
is the firstborn
; put
your
right hand on his head. ”
and
Joseph
saith
unto
his
father,
`
Not so, my father ,
for
this `
is '
the first-born
; set
thy
right hand on his head. '
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
his father refuseth,
and
saith,
`
I have
known
, my son, I have
known;
he also
becometh
a people, and he also
is
great, and
yet,
his young
brother is
greater than he, and his seed
is
the
fulness
of the
nations ;'
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
he
blesseth
them
in
that day ,
saying,
`
By thee
doth
Israel bless,
saying,
God set
thee
as
Ephraim and as
Manasseh ;'
and
he setteth
Ephraim before Manasseh.
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 .
And
Israel saith
unto
Joseph, `Lo
, I am dying
, and
God hath
been
with you ,
and hath
brought
you back unto
the land of your fathers ;
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. ”
and I
--
I
have
given
to thee
one portion
above thy
brethren
, which
I have
taken
out
of
the hand
of the Amorite
by
my sword and by
my
bow. '
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