1 And it came to pass after * h310 these things * h1697, that one told * h559 h8799 Joseph * h3130, Behold, thy father * h1 is sick * h2470 h8802: and he took * h3947 h8799 with him his two * h8147 sons * h1121, Manasseh * h4519 and Ephraim * h669.
2 And one told * h5046 h8686 Jacob * h3290, and said * h559 h8799, Behold, thy son * h1121 Joseph * h3130 cometh * h935 h8802 unto thee: and Israel * h3478 strengthened * h2388 h8691 himself, and sat * h3427 h8799 upon the bed * h4296.
3 And Jacob * h3290 said * h559 h8799 unto Joseph * h3130, God * h410 Almighty * h7706 appeared * h7200 h8738 unto me at Luz * h3870 in the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667, and blessed * h1288 h8762 me,
4 And said * h559 h8799 unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful * h6509 h8688, and multiply * h7235 h8689 thee, and I will make * h5414 h8804 of thee a multitude * h6951 of people * h5971; and will give * h5414 h8804 this land * h776 to thy seed * h2233 after thee * h310 for an everlasting * h5769 possession * h272.
5 And now thy two * h8147 sons * h1121, Ephraim * h669 and Manasseh * h4519, which were born * h3205 h8737 unto thee in the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714 before * h5704 I came * h935 h8800 unto thee into Egypt * h4714, are mine; as Reuben * h7205 and Simeon * h8095, they shall be mine.
6 And thy issue * h4138, which thou begettest * h3205 h8689 after * h310 them, shall be thine, and shall be called * h7121 h8735 after * h5921 the name * h8034 of their brethren * h251 in their inheritance * h5159.
7 And as for me, when I came * h935 h8800 from Padan * h6307, Rachel * h7354 died * h4191 h8804 by me in the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667 in the way * h1870, when * h5750 yet there was but a little * h3530 way * h776 to come * h935 h8800 unto Ephrath * h672: and I buried her * h6912 h8799 there in the way * h1870 of Ephrath * h672; the same is Bethlehem * h1035.
8 And Israel * h3478 beheld * h7200 h8799 Joseph's * h3130 sons * h1121, and said * h559 h8799, Who are these?
9 And Joseph * h3130 said * h559 h8799 unto his father * h1, They are my sons * h1121, whom God * h430 hath given * h5414 h8804 me in this place . And he said * h559 h8799, Bring them * h3947 h8798, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless * h1288 h8762 them.
10 Now the eyes * h5869 of Israel * h3478 were dim * h3513 h8804 for age * h2207, so that he could * h3201 h8799 not see * h7200 h8800. And he brought them near * h5066 h8686 unto him; and he kissed * h5401 h8799 them, and embraced * h2263 h8762 them. dim: Heb. heavy
11 And Israel * h3478 said * h559 h8799 unto Joseph * h3130, I had not thought * h6419 h8765 to see * h7200 h8800 thy face * h6440: and, lo, God * h430 hath shewed * h7200 h8689 me also thy seed * h2233.
12 And Joseph * h3130 brought them out * h3318 h8686 from between * h5973 his knees * h1290, and he bowed * h7812 h8691 himself with his face * h639 to the earth * h776.
13 And Joseph * h3130 took * h3947 h8799 them both * h8147, Ephraim * h669 in his right hand * h3225 toward Israel's * h3478 left hand * h8040, and Manasseh * h4519 in his left hand * h8040 toward Israel's * h3478 right hand * h3225, and brought them near * h5066 h8686 unto him.
14 And Israel * h3478 stretched out * h7971 h8799 his right hand * h3225, and laid * h7896 h8799 it upon Ephraim's * h669 head * h7218, who was the younger * h6810, and his left hand * h8040 upon Manasseh's * h4519 head * h7218, guiding * h7919 his hands * h3027 wittingly * h7919 h8765; for Manasseh * h4519 was the firstborn * h1060.
15 And he blessed * h1288 h8762 Joseph * h3130, and said * h559 h8799, God * h430, before * h6440 whom my fathers * h1 Abraham * h85 and Isaac * h3327 did walk * h1980 h8694, the God * h430 which fed * h7462 h8802 me all my life long * h5750 unto this day * h3117,
16 The Angel * h4397 which redeemed * h1350 h8802 me from all evil * h7451, bless * h1288 h8762 the lads * h5288; and let my name * h8034 be named * h7121 h8735 on them, and the name * h8034 of my fathers * h1 Abraham * h85 and Isaac * h3327; and let them grow * h1711 h8799 into a multitude * h7230 in the midst * h7130 of the earth * h776. grow: Heb. as fishes do increase
17 And when Joseph * h3130 saw * h7200 h8799 that his father * h1 laid * h7896 h8799 his right * h3225 hand * h3027 upon the head * h7218 of Ephraim * h669, it displeased * h3415 h8799 * h5869 him: and he held up * h8551 h8799 his father's * h1 hand * h3027, to remove * h5493 h8687 it from Ephraim's * h669 head * h7218 unto Manasseh's * h4519 head * h7218. displeased...: was evil in his eyes
18 And Joseph * h3130 said * h559 h8799 unto his father * h1, Not so, my father * h1: for this is the firstborn * h1060; put * h7760 h8798 thy right hand * h3225 upon his head * h7218.
19 And his father * h1 refused * h3985 h8762, and said * h559 h8799, I know * h3045 h8804 it , my son * h1121, I know * h3045 h8804 it : he also shall become a people * h5971, and he also shall be great * h1431 h8799: but truly * h199 his younger * h6996 brother * h251 shall be greater * h1431 h8799 than he, and his seed * h2233 shall become a multitude * h4393 of nations * h1471. multitude: Heb. fulness
20 And he blessed * h1288 h8762 them that day * h3117, saying * h559 h8800, In thee shall Israel * h3478 bless * h1288 h8762, saying * h559 h8800, God * h430 make * h7760 h8799 thee as Ephraim * h669 and as Manasseh * h4519: and he set * h7760 h8799 Ephraim * h669 before * h6440 Manasseh * h4519.
21 And Israel * h3478 said * h559 h8799 unto Joseph * h3130, Behold, I die * h4191 h8801: but God * h430 shall be with you, and bring you again * h7725 h8689 unto the land * h776 of your fathers * h1.
22 Moreover I have given * h5414 h8804 to thee one * h259 portion * h7926 above thy brethren * h251, which I took * h3947 h8804 out of the hand * h3027 of the Amorite * h567 with my sword * h2719 and with my bow * h7198.