{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":48,"genre":"prose","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/47","next":"genesis/49","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Some time later Joseph was told,“ Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.","f":[],"h":"Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"When Jacob was told,“ Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"Jacob said to Joseph,“ God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me","f":["Hebrew El-Shaddai"],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"and told me,‘ Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you [here] [shall be reckoned as] mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon [are mine].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath ” (that [is], Bethlehem ).","f":["That is, northwest Mesopotamia"],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked,“ Who are these?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"Joseph said to his father,“ They are the sons God has given me in this [place].” So Jacob said,“ Please bring them to me, that I may bless [them].”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Joseph said to his father,“ They are the sons God has given me in this [place].”"},{"style":"reg","t":"So Jacob said,“ Please bring them to me, that I may bless [them].”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought [his sons] to him, and [his father] kissed them and embraced them.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"“ I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph,“ but now God has let me see your children as well.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"Then Joseph removed [his sons] from [his father’s] knees and bowed facedown.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"And Joseph took both of them — with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand — and brought them close to him.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"Then he blessed Joseph and said:“ May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"Then he blessed Joseph and said:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"the angel who has redeemed me from all harm — may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”","f":["Or Angel"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"the angel who has redeemed me from all harm —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may He bless these boys."},{"style":"indent1","t":"And may they be called by my name"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"“ Not so, my father!” Joseph said.“ This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"But his father refused.“ I know, my son, I know!” he said.“ He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"So that day [Jacob] blessed them and said:“ By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing:‘ May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"So that day [Jacob] blessed them and said:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’”"},{"style":"reg","t":"So he put Ephraim before Manasseh."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"Then Israel said to Joseph,“ Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”","f":["Or one portion of the land; Hebrew shekem, which sounds like the town and district called Shechem"]}]}