Genesis 48:1 And it came to pass after310 these things,1697 that one told559 Joseph,3130 Behold, thy father1 is sick:2470 and he took3947 with him his two8147 sons,1121 Manasseh4519 and Ephraim.669 cr 2 And one told5046 Jacob,3290 and said,559 Behold, thy son1121 Joseph3130 cometh935 unto thee: and Israel3478 strengthened2388 himself, and sat3427 upon the bed.4296 cr 3 And Jacob3290 said559 unto Joseph,3130 God410 Almighty7706 appeared7200 unto me at Luz3870 in the land776 of Canaan,3667 and blessed1288 me, cr 4 And said559 unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,6509 and multiply7235 thee, and I will make5414 of thee a multitude6951 of people;5971 and will give5414 this land776 to thy seed2233 after thee310 for an everlasting5769 possession.272 cr

Genesis 48:5 And now thy two8147 sons,1121 Ephraim669 and Manasseh,4519 which were born3205 unto thee in the land776 of Egypt4714 before5704 I came935 unto thee into Egypt,4714 are mine; as Reuben7205 and Simeon,8095 they shall be mine. cr 6 And thy issue,4138 which thou begettest3205 after310 them, shall be thine, and shall be called7121 after5921 the name8034 of their brethren251 in their inheritance.5159 cr 7 And as for me, when I came935 from Padan,6307 Rachel7354 died4191 by me in the land776 of Canaan3667 in the way,1870 when5750 yet there was but a little3530 way776 to come935 unto Ephrath:672 and I buried her6912 there in the way1870 of Ephrath;672 the same is Bethlehem.1035 cr 8 And Israel3478 beheld7200 Joseph's3130 sons,1121 and said,559 Who are these? cr 9 And Joseph3130 said559 unto his father,1 They are my sons,1121 whom God430 hath given5414 me in this place. And he said,559 Bring them,3947 I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless1288 them. cr 10 Now the eyes5869 of Israel3478 were dim3513{Heb. heavy} for age,2207 so that he could3201 not see.7200 And he brought them near5066 unto him; and he kissed5401 them, and embraced2263 them. cr 11 And Israel3478 said559 unto Joseph,3130 I had not thought6419 to see7200 thy face:6440 and, lo, God430 hath shewed7200 me also thy seed.2233 cr 12 And Joseph3130 brought them out3318 from between5973 his knees,1290 and he bowed7812 himself with his face639 to the earth.776 cr 13 And Joseph3130 took3947 them both,8147 Ephraim669 in his right hand3225 toward Israel's3478 left hand,8040 and Manasseh4519 in his left hand8040 toward Israel's3478 right hand,3225 and brought them near5066 unto him. cr 14 And Israel3478 stretched out7971 his right hand,3225 and laid7896 it upon Ephraim's669 head,7218 who was the younger,6810 and his left hand8040 upon Manasseh's4519 head,7218 guiding7919 2794 his hands3027 wittingly;7919 for Manasseh4519 was the firstborn.1060 cr

Genesis 48:15 And he blessed1288 Joseph,3130 and said,559 God,430 before6440 whom my fathers1 Abraham85 and Isaac3327 did walk,1980 the God430 which fed7462 me all my life long5750 unto this day,3117 cr 16 The Angel4397 which redeemed1350 me from all evil,7451 bless1288 the lads;5288 and let my name8034 be named7121 on them, and the name8034 of my fathers1 Abraham85 and Isaac;3327 and let them grow1711 into a multitude7230{Heb. as fishes do increase} in the midst7130 of the earth.776 cr

Genesis 48:17 And when Joseph3130 saw7200 that his father1 laid7896 his right3225 hand3027 upon the head7218 of Ephraim,669 it displeased3415 5869{was evil in his eyes} him: and he held up8551 his father's1 hand,3027 to remove5493 it from Ephraim's669 head7218 unto Manasseh's4519 head.7218 cr 18 And Joseph3130 said559 unto his father,1 Not so, my father:1 for this is the firstborn;1060 put7760 thy right hand3225 upon his head.7218 cr 19 And his father1 refused,3985 and said,559 I know3045 it, my son,1121 I know3045 it: he also shall become a people,5971 and he also shall be great:1431 but truly199 his younger6996 brother251 shall be greater1431 than he, and his seed2233 shall become a multitude4393{Heb. fullness} of nations.1471 cr 20 And he blessed1288 them that day,3117 saying,559 In thee shall Israel3478 bless,1288 saying,559 God430 make7760 thee as Ephraim669 and as Manasseh:4519 and he set7760 Ephraim669 before6440 Manasseh.4519 cr

Genesis 48:21 And Israel3478 said559 unto Joseph,3130 Behold, I die:4191 but God430 shall be with you, and bring you again7725 unto the land776 of your fathers.1 cr 22 Moreover I have given5414 to thee one259 portion7926 above thy brethren,251 which I took3947 out of the hand3027 of the Amorite567 with my sword2719 and with my bow.7198 cr