V.1 And it came to pass after 310 these things, 1697 that [one] told 559-4 Joseph, 3130 Behold, thy father 1 [is] sick: 2470-6 and he took 3947-4 with him his two 8147 sons, 1121 Manasseh 4519 and Ephraim. 669

48:2 And [one] told 5046-55 Jacob, 3290 and said, 559-4 Behold, thy son 1121 Joseph 3130 cometh 935-6 unto thee: and Israel 3478 strengthened 2388-101 himself, and sat 3427-4 upon the bed. 4296

48:3 And Jacob 3290 said 559-4 unto Joseph, 3130 God 410 Almighty 7706 appeared 7200-8 unto me at Luz 3870 in the land 776 of Canaan, 3667 and blessed 1288-17 me,

48:4 And said 559-4 unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, 6509-56 and multiply 7235-52 thee, and I will make 5414-1 of thee a multitude 6951 of people; 5971 and will give 5414-1 this land 776 to thy seed 2233 after 310 thee [for] an everlasting 5769 possession. 272

48:5 And now thy two 8147 sons, 1121 Ephraim 669 and Manasseh, 4519 which were born 3205-12 unto thee in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 before 5704 I came 935-2 unto thee into Egypt, 4714 [are] mine; as Reuben 7205 and Simeon, 8095 they shall be mine.

48:6 And thy issue, 4138 which thou begettest 3205-52 after 310 them, shall be thine, [and] shall be called 7121-11 after 5921 the name 8034 of their brethren 251 in their inheritance. 5159

48:7 And as for me, when I came 935-2 from Padan, 6307 Rachel 7354 died 4191-1 by me in the land 776 of Canaan 3667 in the way, 1870 when 5750 yet [there was] but a little 3530 way 776 to come 935-2 unto Ephrath: 672 and I buried 6912-4 her there in the way 1870 of Ephrath; 672 the same [is] Bethlehem. 1035

48:8 And Israel 3478 beheld 7200-4 Joseph's 3130 sons, 1121 and said, 559-4 Who [are] these?

48:9 And Joseph 3130 said 559-4 unto his father, 1 They [are] my sons, 1121 whom God 430 hath given 5414-1 me in this [place]. And he said, 559-4 Bring them, 3947-3 I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless 1288-17 them.

48:10 Now the eyes 5869 of Israel 3478 were dim 3513-1 for age, 2207 [so that] he could 3201-4 not see. 7200-2 And he brought them near 5066-55 unto him; and he kissed 5401-4 them, and embraced 2263-17 them.

48:11 And Israel 3478 said 559-4 unto Joseph, 3130 I had not thought 6419-14 to see 7200-2 thy face: 6440 and, lo, God 430 hath shewed 7200-52 me also thy seed. 2233

48:12 And Joseph 3130 brought them out 3318-55 from between 5973 his knees, 1290 and he bowed 7812-101 himself with his face 639 to the earth. 776

48:13 And Joseph 3130 took 3947-4 them both, 8147 Ephraim 669 in his right hand 3225 toward Israel's 3478 left hand, 8040 and Manasseh 4519 in his left hand 8040 toward Israel's 3478 right hand, 3225 and brought [them] near 5066-55 unto him.

48:14 And Israel 3478 stretched out 7971-4 his right hand, 3225 and laid 7896-4 [it] upon Ephraim's 669 head, 7218 who [was] the younger, 6810 and his left hand 8040 upon Manasseh's 4519 head, 7218 guiding his hands 3027 wittingly; 7919-14 for Manasseh 4519 [was] the firstborn. 1060

48:15 And he blessed 1288-17 Joseph, 3130 and said, 559-4 God, 430 before 6440 whom my fathers 1 Abraham 85 and Isaac 3327 did walk, 1980-98 the God 430 which fed 7462-6 me all my life long 5750 unto this day, 3117

48:16 The Angel 4397 which redeemed 1350-6 me from all evil, 7451 bless 1288-17 the lads; 5288 and let my name 8034 be named 7121-11 on them, and the name 8034 of my fathers 1 Abraham 85 and Isaac; 3327 and let them grow 1711-4 into a multitude 7230 in the midst 7130 of the earth. 776

48:17 And when Joseph 3130 saw 7200-4 that his father 1 laid 7896-4 his right 3225 hand 3027 upon the head 7218 of Ephraim, 669 it displeased 3415-4 5869 him: and he held up 8551-4 his father's 1 hand, 3027 to remove 5493-53 it from Ephraim's 669 head 7218 unto Manasseh's 4519 head. 7218

48:18 And Joseph 3130 said 559-4 unto his father, 1 Not so, my father: 1 for this [is] the firstborn; 1060 put 7760-3 thy right hand 3225 upon his head. 7218

48:19 And his father 1 refused, 3985-17 and said, 559-4 I know 3045-1 [it], my son, 1121 I know 3045-1 [it]: he also shall become a people, 5971 and he also shall be great: 1431- 4 but truly 199 his younger 6996 brother 251 shall be greater 1431-4 than he, and his seed 2233 shall become a multitude 4393 of nations. 1471

48:20 And he blessed 1288-17 them that day, 3117 saying, 559- 2 In thee shall Israel 3478 bless, 1288-17 saying, 559-2 God 430 make 7760-4 thee as Ephraim 669 and as Manasseh: 4519 and he set 7760-4 Ephraim 669 before 6440 Manasseh. 4519

48:21 And Israel 3478 said 559-4 unto Joseph, 3130 Behold, I die: 4191-5 but God 430 shall be with you, and bring you again 7725-52 unto the land 776 of your fathers. 1