Genesis:48

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* And it came to pass after these things , that one said to Joseph , Look , your father is sick : and he took with him his two sons , Manasseh and Ephraim . * And one told Jacob , and said , Look , your son Joseph comes to you : and Israel strengthened himself , and sat on the bed . * And Jacob said to Joseph , God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan , and blessed me , * and said to me , Look , I will make you fruitful , and multiply you , and I will make of you a company of peoples , and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession . * And now your two sons , who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt , are mine ; Ephraim and Manasseh , even as Reuben and Simeon , will be mine . * And your issue , that you beget after them , will be yours ; they will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance . * And as for me , when I came from Paddan , Rachel died to my sorrow in the land of Canaan in the way , when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath : and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem ). * And Israel saw Joseph 's sons , and said , Who are these ? * And Joseph said to his father , They are my sons , whom God has given me here . And he said , Bring them , I pray you , to me , and I will bless them . * Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age , so that he could not see . And he brought them near to him ; and he kissed them , and embraced them . * And Israel said to Joseph , I had not thought to see your face : and , look , God has let me see your seed also . * And Joseph brought them out from between his knees ; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth . * And Joseph took them both , Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel 's left hand , and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel 's right hand , and brought them near to him . * And Israel stretched out his right hand , and laid it on Ephraim 's head , who was the younger , and his left hand on Manasseh 's head , guiding his hands wittingly ; for Manasseh was the firstborn . * And he blessed Joseph , and said , The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked , the God who has fed me all my life long to this day , * the angel who has redeemed me from all evil , bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them , and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth . * And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim , it was evil in his eyes : and he held up his father 's hand , to remove it from Ephraim 's head to Manasseh 's head . * And Joseph said to his father , Not so , my father ; for this is the firstborn ; put your right hand on his head . * And his father refused , and said , I know , my son , I know . He also will become a people , and he also will be great : nevertheless his younger brother will be greater than he , and his seed will become a multitude of nations . * And he blessed them that day , saying , In you [Joseph ] will Israel bless , saying , God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh : and he set Ephraim before Manasseh . * And Israel said to Joseph , Look , I die : but God will be with you (note :){+}(:note ), and bring you {+} again to the land of your {+} fathers . * Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers , which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow .

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