- Some time later ... ... Joseph ... was told , “ Your father is ill. ” So he set out - with - his two sons , Manasseh - and Ephraim.
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When Jacob ... ... was told , “ Your son Joseph has come to you , ” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
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Jacob said to Joseph , “ God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan , and there He blessed me
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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. ’
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And now your two sons born vvv in Egypt before I came to you (here) (shall be reckoned as) Ephraim and Manasseh shall be just as Reuben and Simeon (are mine).
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Any children - born after them shall be yours , and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
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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 ).
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When Israel - saw the sons of Joseph , he asked , “ Who are these ? ”
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Joseph said to his father , “ They - are the sons God has given in this (place). ” So Jacob said , “ Please bring them to me , that I may bless (them). ”
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Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age ; he could hardly see. Joseph brought - (his sons) to him , and (his father) kissed and embraced
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“ I never expected to see your face again , ” Israel said to Joseph , “ but now God - has let me see - your children as well. ”
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Then Joseph - removed (his sons) from (his father’s) knees and bowed facedown ....
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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.
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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.
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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 ,
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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. ”
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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.
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“ Not so , my father ! ” Joseph said - -. “ - This one is the firstborn ; put your right hand on his head. ”
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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. ”
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So that day (Jacob) blessed them and said : shall Israel pronounce this blessing : ‘ May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh. ’” So he put - Ephraim before Manasseh.
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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.
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as one who is above your brothers , I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow. ”
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