Genesis:48

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* And it came to pass after these things , that one told Joseph , Behold , thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons , Manasseh and Ephraim . * And one told Jacob Ya #aqob #, and said , Behold , thy son Joseph cometh unto thee : and Israel strengthened himself , and sat upon the bed . * And Jacob said unto Joseph , God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan K @na #an #, and blessed me , * And said unto me , Behold , I will make thee fruitful , and multiply thee , and I will make of thee a multitude of people ; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession . * And now thy two sons , Ephraim and Manasseh , which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt , are mine ; as Reuben and Simeon Shim #own #, they shall be mine . * And thy issue , which thou begettest after them , shall be thine , and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance . * And as for me , when I came from Padan , Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way , when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath : and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath ; the same is Bethlehem Beyth . * And Israel beheld Josephs sons , and said , Who are these ? * 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 . * Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age , so that he could not see . And he brought them near unto him ; and he kissed them , and embraced them . * And Israel said unto Joseph , I had not thought to see thy face : and , lo , God hath shewed me also thy seed . * 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 Israels left hand s @mo #wl #, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israels right hand , and brought them near unto him . * And Israel stretched out his right hand , and laid it upon Ephraims head ro #sh #, who was the younger tsa #iyr #, and his left hand upon Manassehs head ro #sh #, guiding # his hands wittingly ; for Manasseh was the firstborn . * And he blessed Joseph , and said , God , before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk , the God which fed me all my life long unto this day , * The Angel which redeemed me from all evil , bless the lads na #ar #; 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 upon the head of Ephraim , it displeased him : and he held up his fathers hand , to remove it from Ephraims head unto Manassehs head ro #sh #. * And Joseph said unto his father , Not so , my father : for this is the firstborn ; put thy right hand upon his head ro #sh #. * And his father refused , and said , I know it , my son , I know it : 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 . * And he blessed them that day , saying , In thee shall Israel bless , saying , God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh : and he set Ephraim before Manasseh . * And Israel said unto Joseph , Behold , I die : but God shall be with you , and bring you again unto the land of your fathers . * Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren , which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow .

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