Jubilee2000 - Genesis - 48

48:1  And it came to pass after these things [that] it was told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

48:2  And [one] told Jacob and said, Behold, thy son Joseph comes unto thee. Then Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed

48:3  and said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me

48:4  and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of peoples and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an everlasting possession.

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

48:6  And those whom thou hast begotten after them shall be thine [and] shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

48:7  Because when I came from Padanaram, Rachel died unto 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, which [is] Bethlehem.

48:8  And Israel beheld Joseph's sons and said, Who [are] these?

48:9  And Joseph said unto his father, They [are] my sons, whom God has given me in this [place]. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

48:10  Now the eyes of Israel were so dim for age [that] he could not see. And he brought them near unto him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

48:11  And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face, and, behold, God has showed me also thy seed.

48:12  Then Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

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.

48:14  Then 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 with understanding; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn.

48:15  And he blessed Joseph and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto this day,

48:16  the Angel who frees me from all evil, bless these young men, 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.

48:17  Then Joseph seeing 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.

48:18  And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father, for this [is] the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

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; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of Gentiles.

48:20  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.

48:21  And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

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.: