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Genesis 48 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Israel's Last Days

(Heb 11:21 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:3 - And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 - And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:8 - And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:9 - And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:11 - And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - 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 unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:15 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - the angel who hath 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - 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: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:20 - And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - 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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Genesis Chapter 48 — Additional Translations:

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