Genesis 48

Israel’s Last Days

1Now it cameH1961 about afterH310 theseH428 thingsH1697 that 1JosephH3130 was toldH559, “BeholdH2009, your fatherH1 is sickH2470.” So he tookH3947 his twoH8147 sonsH1121 2ManassehH4519 and EphraimH669 with him. 2When 3it was toldH5046 to JacobH3290, “BeholdH2009, your sonH1121 JosephH3130 has comeH935 to you,” IsraelH3478 4collectedH2388 his strengthH2388 and satH3427 5up in the bedH4296. 3Then JacobH3290 saidH559 to JosephH3130, “67GodH410 AlmightyH7706 appearedH7200 to me at 8LuzH3870 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667 and blessedH1288 me, 4and He saidH559 to me, ‘BeholdH2009, I will makeH6509 you fruitfulH6509 and numerousH7235, and I will makeH5414 you a companyH6951 of peoplesH5971, and will giveH5414 thisH2088 landH776 to your 9descendantsH2233 afterH310 you for 10an everlastingH5769 possessionH272.’ 5NowH6258 your twoH8147 sonsH1121, who were bornH3205 to you in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 beforeH5704 I cameH935 to you in EgyptH4714, are mine; 11EphraimH669 and ManassehH4519 shall be mine, as 12ReubenH7205 and SimeonH8095 are. 6But your offspringH4138 that 13have been bornH3205 afterH310 them shall be yours; they shall be calledH7121 by the 14namesH8034 of their brothersH251 in their inheritanceH5159. 7Now as for me, when I cameH935 from 15PaddanH6307, 16RachelH7354 diedH4191, 17to my sorrowH5921, in the landH776 of CanaanH3667 on the journeyH1870, when there was stillH5750 someH3530 distanceH3530H776 to goH935 to EphrathH672; and I buriedH6912 her thereH8033 on the wayH1870 to EphrathH672 (that is, BethlehemH1035).”

8When IsraelH3478 18sawH7200 Joseph’sH3130 sonsH1121, he saidH559, “WhoH4310 are theseH428?” 9JosephH3130 saidH559 to his fatherH1, “19They are my sonsH1121, whomH834 GodH430 has givenH5414 me hereH2088.” So he saidH559, “BringH3947 them to me, pleaseH4994, that 20I may blessH1288 them.” 10Now 21the eyesH5869 of IsraelH3478 were so dimH3513 from ageH2207 that he couldH3201 not seeH7200. Then 22Joseph broughtH5066 them closeH5066 to him, and he 23kissedH5401 them and embracedH2263 them. 11IsraelH3478 saidH559 to JosephH3130, “I neverH3808 24expectedH6419 to seeH7200 your faceH6440, and beholdH2009, GodH430 has let me seeH7200 your 25childrenH2233 as wellH1571.” 12Then JosephH3130 26tookH3318 them from his kneesH1290, and 27bowedH7812 with his faceH639 to the groundH776. 13JosephH3130 tookH3947 them bothH8147, EphraimH669 with his rightH3225 handH3225 towardH4480 Israel’sH3478 leftH8040, and ManassehH4519 with his leftH8040 handH8040 towardH4480 Israel’sH3478 rightH3225, and broughtH5066 them closeH5066 to him. 14But IsraelH3478 stretchedH7971 out his rightH3225 handH3225 and laidH7896 it on the headH7218 of EphraimH669, whoH1931 was the youngerH6810, and his leftH8040 handH8040 on Manasseh’sH4519 headH7218, 28crossingH7919 his handsH3027, 29althoughH3588 30ManassehH4519 was the firstbornH1060. 15He blessedH1288 JosephH3130, and saidH559, “31The GodH430 beforeH6440 whomH834 my fathersH1 AbrahamH85 and IsaacH3327 walkedH1980, 32The GodH430 who has been my shepherdH7462 33allH4480H5750 my lifeH5750 to thisH2088 dayH3117,1634The angelH4397 who has redeemedH1350 me from allH3605 evilH7451, 35BlessH1288 the ladsH5288; And may my nameH8034 36liveH7121 on in them, And the 37namesH8034 of my fathersH1 AbrahamH85 and IsaacH3327; And 38may they growH1711 into a multitudeH7230 in the midstH7130 of the earthH776.”

17When JosephH3130 sawH7200 that his fatherH1 39laidH7896 his rightH3225 handH3027 on Ephraim’sH669 headH7218, it displeasedH7489 him; and he graspedH8551 his father’sH1 handH3027 to removeH5493 it from Ephraim’sH669 headH7218 to Manasseh’sH4519 headH7218. 18JosephH3130 saidH559 to his fatherH1, “Not soH3651, my fatherH1, for thisH2088 oneH2088 is the firstbornH1060. PlaceH7760 your rightH3225 handH3225 on his headH7218.” 19But his fatherH1 refusedH3985 and saidH559, “I knowH3045, my sonH1121, I knowH3045; he alsoH1571 will becomeH1961 a peopleH5971 and he alsoH1571 will be greatH1431. HoweverH199, his youngerH6996 brotherH251 shall be greaterH1431 thanH4480 he, and 40his 41descendantsH2233 shall becomeH1961 a 42multitudeH4393 of nationsH1471.” 2043He blessedH1288 them that dayH3117, sayingH559, “By you IsraelH3478 will pronounceH1288 blessingH1288, sayingH559, ‘May GodH430 makeH7760 you like EphraimH669 and ManassehH4519!’” Thus he putH7760 EphraimH669 beforeH6440 ManassehH4519. 21Then IsraelH3478 saidH559 to JosephH3130, “BeholdH2009, I am about to dieH4191, but 44GodH430 will be with you, and 45bringH7725 you backH7725 to the landH776 of your fathersH1. 22I giveH5414 you oneH259 46portionH7926 moreH5921 thanH5921 your brothersH251, 47whichH834 I tookH3947 from the handH3027 of the AmoriteH567 with my swordH2719 and my bowH7198.”