48:1 After
this,
Joseph
was
told,
"Behold,
your
father
is
ill."
So
he
took
with
him
his
two
sons,
Manasseh
and
Ephraim.
48:2 And
it
was
told
to
Jacob,
"Your
son
Joseph
has
come
to
you."
Then
Israel
summoned
his
strength
and
sat
up
in
bed.
48:3 And
Jacob
said
to
Joseph,
"God
Almighty
appeared
to
me
at
Luz
in
the
land
of
Canaan
and
blessed
me,
48:4 and
said
to
me,
'Behold,
I
will
make
you
fruitful
and
multiply
you,
and
I
will
make
of
you
a
company
of
peoples
and
will
give
this
land
to
your
offspring
after
you
for
an
everlasting
possession.'
48:5 And
now
your
two
sons,
who
were
born
to
you
in
the
land
of
Egypt
before
I
came
to
you
in
Egypt,
are
mine;
Ephraim
and
Manasseh
shall
be
mine,
as
Reuben
and
Simeon
are.
48:6 And
the
children
that
you
fathered
after
them
shall
be
yours.
They
shall
be
called
by
the
name
of
their
brothers
in
their
inheritance.
48:7 As
for
me,
when
I
came
from
Paddan,
to
my
sorrow
Rachel
died
in
the
land
of
Canaan
on
the
way,
when
there
was
still
some
distance
to
go
to
Ephrath,
and
I
buried
her
there
on
the
way
to
Ephrath
(that
is,
Bethlehem)."
48:8 When
Israel
saw
Joseph's
sons,
he
said,
"Who
are
these"
48:9 Joseph
said
to
his
father,
"They
are
my
sons,
whom
God
has
given
me
here."
And
he
said,
"Bring
them
to
me,
please,
that
I
may
bless
them."
48:10 Now
the
eyes
of
Israel
were
dim
with
age,
so
that
he
could
not
see.
So
Joseph
brought
them
near
him,
and
he
kissed
them
and
embraced
them.
48:11 And
Israel
said
to
Joseph,
"I
never
expected
to
see
your
face;
and
behold,
God
has
let
me
see
your
offspring
also."
48:12 Then
Joseph
removed
them
from
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
him.
48:14 And
Israel
stretched
out
his
right
hand
and
laid
it
on
the
head
of
Ephraim,
who
was
the
younger,
and
his
left
hand
on
the
head
of
Manasseh,
crossing
his
hands
(for
Manasseh
was
the
firstborn).
48:15 And
he
blessed
Joseph
and
said,
"The
God
before
whom
my
fathers
Abraham
and
Isaac
walked,
the
God
who
has
been
my
shepherd
all
my
life
long
to
this
day,
48:16 the
angel
who
has
redeemed
me
from
all
evil,
bless
the
boys;
and
in
them
let
my
name
be
carried
on,
and
the
name
of
my
fathers
Abraham
and
Isaac;
and
let
them
grow
into
a
multitude
in
the
midst
of
the
earth."
48:17 When
Joseph
saw
that
his
father
laid
his
right
hand
on
the
head
of
Ephraim,
it
displeased
him,
and
he
took
his
father's
hand
to
move
it
from
Ephraim's
head
to
Manasseh's
head.
48:18 And
Joseph
said
to
his
father,
"Not
this
way,
my
father;
since
this
one
is
the
firstborn,
put
your
right
hand
on
his
head."
48:19 But
his
father
refused
and
said,
"I
know,
my
son,
I
know.
He
also
shall
become
a
people,
and
he
also
shall
be
great.
Nevertheless,
his
younger
brother
shall
be
greater
than
he,
and
his
offspring
shall
become
a
multitude
of
nations."
48:20 So
he
blessed
them
that
day,
saying,
"By
you
Israel
will
pronounce
blessings,
saying,
'God
make
you
as
Ephraim
and
as
Manasseh.'"
Thus
he
put
Ephraim
before
Manasseh.
48:21 Then
Israel
said
to
Joseph,
"Behold,
I
am
about
to
die,
but
God
will
be
with
you
and
will
bring
you
again
to
the
land
of
your
fathers.
48:22 Moreover,
I
have
given
to
you
rather
than
to
your
brothers
one
mountain
slope
that
I
took
from
the
hand
of
the
Amorites
with
my
sword
and
with
my
bow."