Genesis:48

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ylt @Genesis:48:1 @And it cometh to pass , after these things , that [one ] saith to Joseph , 'Lo , thy father is sick ;' and he taketh his two sons with him , Manasseh and Ephraim . ylt @Genesis:48:2 @And [one ] declareth to Jacob , and saith , 'Lo , thy son Joseph is coming unto thee ;' and Israel doth strengthen himself , and sit upon the bed . ylt @Genesis:48:3 @And Jacob saith unto Joseph , 'God Almighty hath appeared unto me , in Luz , in the land of Canaan , and blesseth me , ylt @Genesis:48:4 @and saith unto me , Lo , I am making thee fruitful , and have multiplied thee , and given thee for an assembly of peoples , and given this land to thy seed after thee , a possession age-during . ylt @Genesis:48:5 @'And now , thy two sons , who are born to thee in the land of Egypt , before my coming unto thee to Egypt , mine they [are ]; Ephraim and Manasseh , as Reuben and Simeon they are mine ; ylt @Genesis:48:6 @and thy family which thou hast begotten after them are thine ; by the name of their brethren they are called in their inheritance . ylt @Genesis:48:7 @'And I -- in my coming in from Padan -[Aram ] Rachel hath died by me in the land of Canaan , in the way , while yet a kibrath of land to enter Ephrata , and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata , which [is ] Bethlehem .' ylt @Genesis:48:8 @And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph , and saith , 'Who [are ] these ?' ylt @Genesis:48:9 @and Joseph saith unto his father , 'They [are ] my sons , whom God hath given to me in this [place ];' and he saith , 'Bring them , I pray thee , unto me , and I bless them .' ylt @Genesis:48:10 @And the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age , he is unable to see ; and he bringeth them nigh unto him , and he kisseth them , and cleaveth to them ; ylt @Genesis:48:11 @and Israel saith unto Joseph , 'To see thy face I had not thought , and lo , God hath shewed me also thy seed .' ylt @Genesis:48:12 @And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees , and boweth himself on his face to the earth ; ylt @Genesis:48:13 @and Joseph taketh them both , Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel 's left , and Manasseh in his left towards Israel 's right , and bringeth [them ] nigh to him . ylt @Genesis:48:14 @And Israel putteth out his right hand , and placeth [it ] upon the head of Ephraim , who [is ] the younger , and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh ; he hath guided his hands wisely , for Manasseh [is ] the first-born . ylt @Genesis:48:15 @And he blesseth Joseph , and saith , 'God , before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually : God who is feeding me from my being unto this day : ylt @Genesis:48:16 @the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths , and my name is called upon them , and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land .' ylt @Genesis:48:17 @And Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim , and it is wrong in his eyes , and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh ; ylt @Genesis:48:18 @and Joseph saith unto his father , 'Not so , my father , for this [is ] the first-born ; set thy right hand on his head .' ylt @Genesis:48:19 @And his father refuseth , and saith , 'I have known , my son , I have known ; he also becometh a people , and he also is great , and yet , his young brother is greater than he , and his seed is the fulness of the nations ;' ylt @Genesis:48:20 @and he blesseth them in that day , saying , 'By thee doth Israel bless , saying , God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh ;' and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh . ylt @Genesis:48:21 @And Israel saith unto Joseph , 'Lo , I am dying , and God hath been with you , and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers ; ylt @Genesis:48:22 @and I -- I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren , which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow .'

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