The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 48

Gen 48:1 And it came to pass after [0310] these things [01697], that one told [0559] (8799) Joseph [03130], Behold, thy father [01] is sick [02470] (8802): and he took [03947] (8799) with him his two [08147] sons [01121], Manasseh [04519] and Ephraim [0669].
Gen 48:2 And one told [05046] (8686) Jacob [03290], and said [0559] (8799), Behold, thy son [01121] Joseph [03130] cometh [0935] (8802) unto thee: and Israel [03478] strengthened [02388] (8691) himself, and sat [03427] (8799) upon the bed [04296].
Gen 48:3 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] (8799) unto Joseph [03130], God [0410] Almighty [07706] appeared [07200] (8738) unto me at Luz [03870] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], and blessed [01288] (8762) me,
Gen 48:4 And said [0559] (8799) unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful [06509] (8688), and multiply [07235] (8689) thee, and I will make [05414] (8804) of thee a multitude [06951] of people [05971]; and will give [05414] (8804) this land [0776] to thy seed [02233] after thee [0310] [for] an everlasting [05769] possession [0272].
Gen 48:5 And now thy two [08147] sons [01121], Ephraim [0669] and Manasseh [04519], which were born [03205] (8737) unto thee in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] before [05704] I came [0935] (8800) unto thee into Egypt [04714], are mine; as Reuben [07205] and Simeon [08095], they shall be mine.
Gen 48:6 And thy issue [04138], which thou begettest [03205] (8689) after [0310] them, shall be thine, and shall be called [07121] (8735) after [05921] the name [08034] of their brethren [0251] in their inheritance [05159].
Gen 48:7 And as for me, when I came [0935] (8800) from Padan [06307], Rachel [07354] died [04191] (8804) by me in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] in the way [01870], when [05750] yet there was but a little [03530] way [0776] to come [0935] (8800) unto Ephrath [0672]: and I buried her [06912] (8799) there in the way [01870] of Ephrath [0672]; the same is Bethlehem [01035].
Gen 48:8 And Israel [03478] beheld [07200] (8799) Joseph's [03130] sons [01121], and said [0559] (8799), Who are these?
Gen 48:9 And Joseph [03130] said [0559] (8799) unto his father [01], They are my sons [01121], whom God [0430] hath given [05414] (8804) me in this [place]. And he said [0559] (8799), Bring them [03947] (8798), I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless [01288] (8762) them.
Gen 48:10 Now the eyes [05869] of Israel [03478] were dim [03513] (8804) for age [02207], [so that] he could [03201] (8799) not see [07200] (8800). And he brought them near [05066] (8686) unto him; and he kissed [05401] (8799) them, and embraced [02263] (8762) them.
Gen 48:11 And Israel [03478] said [0559] (8799) unto Joseph [03130], I had not thought [06419] (8765) to see [07200] (8800) thy face [06440]: and, lo, God [0430] hath shewed [07200] (8689) me also thy seed [02233].
Gen 48:12 And Joseph [03130] brought them out [03318] (8686) from between [05973] his knees [01290], and he bowed [07812] (8691) himself with his face [0639] to the earth [0776].
Gen 48:13 And Joseph [03130] took [03947] (8799) them both [08147], Ephraim [0669] in his right hand [03225] toward Israel's [03478] left hand [08040], and Manasseh [04519] in his left hand [08040] toward Israel's [03478] right hand [03225], and brought them near [05066] (8686) unto him.
Gen 48:14 And Israel [03478] stretched out [07971] (8799) his right hand [03225], and laid [07896] (8799) [it] upon Ephraim's [0669] head [07218], who was the younger [06810], and his left hand [08040] upon Manasseh's [04519] head [07218], guiding [07919] [00] his hands [03027] wittingly [07919] (8765); for Manasseh [04519] was the firstborn [01060].
Gen 48:15 And he blessed [01288] (8762) Joseph [03130], and said [0559] (8799), God [0430], before [06440] whom my fathers [01] Abraham [085] and Isaac [03327] did walk [01980] (8694), the God [0430] which fed [07462] (8802) me all my life long [05750] unto this day [03117],
Gen 48:16 The Angel [04397] which redeemed [01350] (8802) me from all evil [07451], bless [01288] (8762) the lads [05288]; and let my name [08034] be named [07121] (8735) on them, and the name [08034] of my fathers [01] Abraham [085] and Isaac [03327]; and let them grow [01711] (8799) into a multitude [07230] in the midst [07130] of the earth [0776].
Gen 48:17 And when Joseph [03130] saw [07200] (8799) that his father [01] laid [07896] (8799) his right [03225] hand [03027] upon the head [07218] of Ephraim [0669], it displeased [03415] (8799) [05869] him: and he held up [08551] (8799) his father's [01] hand [03027], to remove [05493] (8687) it from Ephraim's [0669] head [07218] unto Manasseh's [04519] head [07218].
Gen 48:18 And Joseph [03130] said [0559] (8799) unto his father [01], Not so, my father [01]: for this is the firstborn [01060]; put [07760] (8798) thy right hand [03225] upon his head [07218].
Gen 48:19 And his father [01] refused [03985] (8762), and said [0559] (8799), I know [03045] (8804) [it], my son [01121], I know [03045] (8804) [it]: he also shall become a people [05971], and he also shall be great [01431] (8799): but truly [0199] his younger [06996] brother [0251] shall be greater [01431] (8799) than he, and his seed [02233] shall become a multitude [04393] of nations [01471].
Gen 48:20 And he blessed [01288] (8762) them that day [03117], saying [0559] (8800), In thee shall Israel [03478] bless [01288] (8762), saying [0559] (8800), God [0430] make [07760] (8799) thee as Ephraim [0669] and as Manasseh [04519]: and he set [07760] (8799) Ephraim [0669] before [06440] Manasseh [04519].
Gen 48:21 And Israel [03478] said [0559] (8799) unto Joseph [03130], Behold, I die [04191] (8801): but God [0430] shall be with you, and bring you again [07725] (8689) unto the land [0776] of your fathers [01].
Gen 48:22 Moreover I have given [05414] (8804) to thee one [0259] portion [07926] above thy brethren [0251], which I took [03947] (8804) out of the hand [03027] of the Amorite [0567] with my sword [02719] and with my bow [07198].

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