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 Gen 48:1 |
Now it came about after these things that [fn]Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is sick." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him. |
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Gen 48:2 |
When [fn]it was told to Jacob, "Behold, your son Joseph has come to you," Israel [fn]collected his strength and sat [fn]up in the bed. |
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Gen 48:3 |
Then Jacob said to Joseph, " [fn]God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, |
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Gen 48:4 |
and He said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your [fn]descendants after you for an everlasting possession.' |
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Gen 48:5 |
"Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. |
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Gen 48:6 |
"But your offspring that [fn]have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the [fn]names of their brothers in their inheritance. |
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Gen 48:7 |
"Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, [fn]to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)." |
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Gen 48:8 |
When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?" |
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Gen 48:9 |
Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." So he said, "Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them." |
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Gen 48:10 |
Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. Then [fn]Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them. |
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Gen 48:11 |
Israel said to Joseph, "I never [fn]expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your [fn]children as well." |
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Gen 48:12 |
Then Joseph [fn]took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground. |
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Gen 48:13 |
Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them close to him. |
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Gen 48:14 |
But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, [fn]crossing his hands, [fn]although Manasseh was the firstborn. |
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Gen 48:15 |
He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd [fn]all my life to this day, |
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Gen 48:16 |
The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; And may my name [fn]live on in them, And the [fn]names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." |
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Gen 48:17 |
When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. |
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Gen 48:18 |
Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head." |
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Gen 48:19 |
But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his [fn]descendants shall become a [fn]multitude of nations." |
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Gen 48:20 |
He blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!'" Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. |
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Gen 48:21 |
Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers. |
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Gen 48:22 |
"I give you one [fn]portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow." |
NASB Footnotes:
- (48:1) Literally: one said to Joseph
- (48:2) Literally: one told Jacob and said
- (48:2) Literally: strengthened himself
- (48:2) Literally: upon the bed
- (48:3) Hebrew: El Shaddai
- (48:4) Literally: seed
- (48:6) Literally: you have begotten
- (48:6) Literally: name
- (48:7) Literally: upon me
- (48:10) Literally: he
- (48:11) Literally: meditated, judged
- (48:11) Literally: seed
- (48:12) Literally: made them come out
- (48:14) Or, consciously directing
- (48:14) Literally: when
- (48:15) Literally: from the continuance of me
- (48:16) Literally: be called
- (48:16) Literally: name
- (48:19) Literally: seed
- (48:19) Literally: fullness
- (48:22) Or, ridge; lit shoulder; Heb Shechem
