Genesis 48

1 ♥ 📝 A nd it came to pass after^H310 these things,^H1697 that one said^H559 to Joseph,^H3130 Behold, thy father^H1 is sick:^H2470 and he took^H3947 with him his two^H8147 sons,^H1121 Manasseh^H4519 and Ephraim.^H669

2 ♥ 📝 And one told^H5046 Jacob,^H3290 and said,^H559 Behold, thy son^H1121 Joseph^H3130 cometh^H935 unto thee: and Israel^H3478 strengthened^H2388 himself, and sat^H3427 upon the bed.^H4296

3 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 said^H559 unto Joseph,^H3130 God^H410 Almighty^H7706 appeared^H7200 unto me at Luz^H3870 in the land^H776 of Canaan,^H3667 and blessed^H1288 me,

4 ♥ 📝 and said^H559 unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,^H6509 and multiply^H7235 thee, and I will make^H5414 of thee a company^H6951 of peoples,^H5971 and will give^H5414 this land^H776 to thy seed^H2233 after thee^H310 for an everlasting^H5769 possession.^H272

5 ♥ 📝 And now thy two^H8147 sons,^H1121 who were born^H3205 unto thee in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 before^H5704 I came^H935 unto thee into Egypt,^H4714 are mine; Ephraim^H669 and Manasseh,^H4519 even as Reuben^H7205 and Simeon,^H8095 shall be mine.

6 ♥ 📝 And thy issue,^H4138 that thou begettest^H3205 after^H310 them, shall be thine; they shall be called^H7121 after^H5921 the name^H8034 of their brethren^H251 in their inheritance.^H5159

7 ♥ 📝 And as for me, when I came^H935 from Paddan,^H6307 Rachel^H7354 died^H4191 by me in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667 in the way,^H1870 when^H5750 there was still some^H3530 distance^H776 to come^H935 unto Ephrath:^H672 and I buried her^H6912 there in the way^H1870 to Ephrath^H672 (the same is Beth-lehem).^H1035

8 ♥ 📝 And Israel^H3478 beheld^H7200 Joseph's^H3130 sons,^H1121 and said,^H559 Who are these?

9 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 said^H559 unto his father,^H1 They are my sons,^H1121 whom God^H430 hath given^H5414 me here. And he said,^H559 Bring them,^H3947 I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless^H1288 them.

10 ♥ 📝 Now the eyes^H5869 of Israel^H3478 were dim^H3513 for age,^H2207 so that he could^H3201 not see.^H7200 And he brought them near^H5066 unto him; and he kissed^H5401 them, and embraced^H2263 them.

11 ♥ 📝 And Israel^H3478 said^H559 unto Joseph,^H3130 I had not thought^H6419 to see^H7200 thy face:^H6440 and, lo, God^H430 hath let me see^H7200 thy seed^H2233 also.

12 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 brought them out^H3318 from between^H5973 his knees;^H1290 and he bowed^H7812 himself with his face^H639 to the earth.^H776

13 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 took^H3947 them both,^H8147 Ephraim^H669 in his right hand^H3225 toward Israel's^H3478 left hand,^H8040 and Manasseh^H4519 in his left hand^H8040 toward Israel's^H3478 right hand,^H3225 and brought them near^H5066 unto him.

14 ♥ 📝 And Israel^H3478 stretched out^H7971 his right hand,^H3225 and laid^H7896 it upon Ephraim's^H669 head,^H7218 who was the younger,^H6810 and his left hand^H8040 upon Manasseh's^H4519 head,^H7218 guiding^H7919 his hands^H3027 wittingly;^H7919 for Manasseh^H4519 was the first-born.^H1060

15 ♥ 📝 And he blessed^H1288 Joseph,^H3130 and said,^H559 The God^H430 before^H6440 whom my fathers^H1 Abraham^H85 and Isaac^H3327 did walk,^H1980 the God^H430 who hath fed^H7462 me all my life long^H5750 unto this day,^H3117

16 ♥ 📝 the angel^H4397 who hath redeemed^H1350 me from all evil,^H7451 bless^H1288 the lads;^H5288 and let my name^H8034 be named^H8034 on them, and the name^H8034 of my fathers^H1 Abraham^H85 and Isaac;^H3327 and let them grow^H1711 into a multitude^H7230 in the midst^H7130 of the earth.^H776

17 ♥ 📝 And when Joseph^H3130 saw^H7200 that his father^H1 laid^H7896 his right^H3225 hand^H3027 upon the head^H7218 of Ephraim,^H669 it displeased^H3415 him: and he held up^H8551 his father's^H1 hand,^H3027 to remove^H5493 it from Ephraim's^H669 head^H7218 unto Manasseh's^H4519 head.^H7218

18 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 said^H559 unto his father,^H1 Not so, my father;^H1 for this is the first-born;^H1060 put^H7760 thy right hand^H3225 upon his head.^H7218

19 ♥ 📝 And his father^H1 refused,^H3985 and said,^H559 I know^H3045 [it], my son,^H1121 I know^H3045 [it]; he also shall become a people,^H5971 and he also shall be great:^H1431 howbeit^H199 his younger^H6996 brother^H251 shall be greater^H1431 than he, and his seed^H2233 shall become a multitude^H4393 of nations.^H1471

20 ♥ 📝 And he blessed^H1288 them that day,^H3117 saying,^H559 In thee will Israel^H3478 bless,^H1288 saying,^H559 God^H430 make^H7760 thee as Ephraim^H669 and as Manasseh:^H4519 and he set^H7760 Ephraim^H669 before^H6440 Manasseh.^H4519

21 ♥ 📝 And Israel^H3478 said^H559 unto Joseph,^H3130 Behold, I die:^H4191 but God^H430 will be with you, and bring you again^H7725 unto the land^H776 of your fathers.^H1

22 ♥ 📝 Moreover I have given^H5414 to thee one^H259 portion^H7926 above thy brethren,^H251 which I took^H3947 out of the hand^H3027 of the Amorite^H567 with my sword^H2719 and with my bow.^H7198