Genesis 48
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Genesis 48:8-16

8And IsraelH3478 beheld Joseph’s sonsH1121, and saidH559, Who are these? 9And JosephH3130 saidH559 unto his fatherH1, They are my sonsH1121, whom GodH430 hath givenH5414 me hereH2088. And he saidH559, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will blessH1288 them. 10Now the eyesH5869 of IsraelH3478 were dim for age, so that he could not seeH7200. And he broughtH5066 them near unto him; and he kissedH5401 them, and embracedH2263 them. 11And IsraelH3478 saidH559 unto JosephH3130, I had not thought to seeH7200 thy faceH6440: and, lo, GodH430 hath let me seeH7200 thy seedH2233 alsoH1571. 12And JosephH3130 broughtH3318 them out from between his knees; and he bowedH7812 himself with his faceH639 to the earthH776. 13And JosephH3130 tookH3947 them both, EphraimH669 in his rightH3225 handH3225 toward Israel’s left handH3225, and ManassehH4519 in his left handH3225 toward Israel’s rightH3225 handH3225, and brought them near unto him. 14And IsraelH3478 stretchedH7971 out his rightH3225 handH3027, and laid it upon Ephraim’s headH7218, who was the youngerH6810, and his left handH3027 upon Manasseh’s headH7218, guiding his handsH3027 wittingly; for ManassehH4519 was the first-born. 15And he blessedH1288 JosephH3130, and saidH559, The GodH430 before whom my fathersH1 AbrahamH85 and IsaacH3327 did walkH1980, the GodH430 who hath fed me all my life long unto this dayH3117, 16the angelH4397 who hath redeemedH1350 me from all evilH7451, blessH1288 the ladsH5288; and let my nameH8034 be namedH8034 on them, and the nameH8034 of my fathersH1 AbrahamH85 and IsaacH3327; and let them grow into a multitudeH7230 in the midstH7130 of the earthH776.

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