Genesis 48




lesserot@Genesis:48:1 @ And it came to pass after these things, that some one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick; and he took his two sons with him, Menasseh and Ephraim.

lesserot@Genesis:48:2 @ And some one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee; and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

lesserot@Genesis:48:3 @ And Jacob said unto Joseph, God, the Almighty, appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

lesserot@Genesis:48:4 @ And he said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and I will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

lesserot@Genesis:48:5 @ And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, shall be mine; Ephraim and Menasseh shall be unto me as Reuben and Simeon.

lesserot@Genesis:48:6 @ And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, after the name of their brothers shall they be called in their inheritance.

lesserot@Genesis:48:7 @ And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when yet there was some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there on the way of Ephrath, the same is Beth–lechem.

lesserot@Genesis:48:8 @ And Israel perceived the sons of Joseph, and said, Who are these?

lesserot@Genesis:48:9 @ And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

lesserot@Genesis:48:10 @ Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, he could not see; and he brought them near unto him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.

lesserot@Genesis:48:11 @ And Israel said unto Joseph, To see thy face I had not hoped; and lo, God hath shown me also thy seed.

lesserot@Genesis:48:12 @ And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

lesserot@Genesis:48:13 @ And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Menasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them near unto him.

lesserot@Genesis:48:14 @ And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Menasseh’s head; he laid his hands wittingly; although Menasseh was the first–born.

lesserot@Genesis:48:15 @ And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who fed me from my first being unto this day,

lesserot@Genesis:48:16 @ The angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

lesserot@Genesis:48:17 @ And when Joseph saw that his father would lay his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he took hold of his father’s hand, to remove it from the head of Ephraim unto the head of Menasseh.

lesserot@Genesis:48:18 @ And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first–born, put thy right hand upon his head.

lesserot@Genesis:48:19 @ And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know, he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

lesserot@Genesis:48:20 @ And he blessed them that day, saying, With thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Menasseh: and so he set Ephraim before Menasseh.

lesserot@Genesis:48:21 @ And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers

lesserot@Genesis:48:22 @ Moreover I have given unto thee one portion above thy brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Emorite with my sword and with my bow.

lesserot@Genesis:48:1 @ And it came to pass after these things, that some one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick; and he took his two sons with him, Menasseh and Ephraim.

lesserot@Genesis:48:2 @ And some one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee; and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

lesserot@Genesis:48:3 @ And Jacob said unto Joseph, God, the Almighty, appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

lesserot@Genesis:48:4 @ And he said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and I will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

lesserot@Genesis:48:5 @ And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, shall be mine; Ephraim and Menasseh shall be unto me as Reuben and Simeon.

lesserot@Genesis:48:6 @ And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, after the name of their brothers shall they be called in their inheritance.

lesserot@Genesis:48:7 @ And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when yet there was some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there on the way of Ephrath, the same is Beth–lechem.

lesserot@Genesis:48:8 @ And Israel perceived the sons of Joseph, and said, Who are these?

lesserot@Genesis:48:9 @ And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

lesserot@Genesis:48:10 @ Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, he could not see; and he brought them near unto him, and he kissed them, and embraced them.

lesserot@Genesis:48:11 @ And Israel said unto Joseph, To see thy face I had not hoped; and lo, God hath shown me also thy seed.

lesserot@Genesis:48:12 @ And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

lesserot@Genesis:48:13 @ And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Menasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them near unto him.

lesserot@Genesis:48:14 @ And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Menasseh’s head; he laid his hands wittingly; although Menasseh was the first–born.

lesserot@Genesis:48:15 @ And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who fed me from my first being unto this day,

lesserot@Genesis:48:16 @ The angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

lesserot@Genesis:48:17 @ And when Joseph saw that his father would lay his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he took hold of his father’s hand, to remove it from the head of Ephraim unto the head of Menasseh.

lesserot@Genesis:48:18 @ And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first–born, put thy right hand upon his head.

lesserot@Genesis:48:19 @ And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know, he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

lesserot@Genesis:48:20 @ And he blessed them that day, saying, With thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Menasseh: and so he set Ephraim before Menasseh.

lesserot@Genesis:48:21 @ And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers

lesserot@Genesis:48:22 @ Moreover I have given unto thee one portion above thy brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Emorite with my sword and with my bow.


Seeker Overlay: Off On

[BookofGenesis] [Genesis:47] [Genesis:48] [Genesis:49] [Discuss] Tag 48 [Audio][Presentation]
Bible:
Bible:
Book: