Genesis 48

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at aLuz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee bfor an everlasting possession.

5 And now thy ctwo sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, dRachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? 9 And Joseph said unto his father, eThey are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and fI will bless them. 10 Now ithe eyes of Israel were hdim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he gkissed them, and embraced them.

11 And Israel said unto Joseph, jI had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 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 unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

15 And khe blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel lwhich redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let mmy name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father nlaid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his oyounger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, pIn thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but qGod shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover rI have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the sAmorite with my sword and with my bow.

Genesis 49

 
Cross Ref
3 a Gen 28:13
Gen 28:19
Gen 35:6
Gen 35:9
4 b Gen 17:8
5 c Gen 41:50
Gen 46:20
Jos 13:7
Jos 14:4
7 d Gen 35:19
9 e Gen 33:5
 f Gen 27:4
10 g Gen 27:27
 h Isa 59:1
Isa 6:10
 i Gen 27:1
11 j Gen 45:26
15 k Heb 11:21
16 l Gen 28:15
 m Amo 9:12
Act 15:17
17 n Gen 48:14
19 o Deu 33:17
Num 2:19
20 p Rth 4:11
21 q Gen 50:24
22 r Jos 24:32
1 Chr 5:2
Joh 4:5
 s Gen 34:28
Jos 17:14