1 And it came to pass after 310 these things 1697, that one told 559 Joseph 3130, Behold, thy father 1 is sick 2470: and he took 3947 with him his two 8147 sons 1121, Manasseh 4519 and Ephraim 669.
2 And one told 5046 Jacob 3290, and said 559, Behold, thy son 1121 Joseph 3130 cometh 935 unto thee: and Israel 3478 strengthened 2388 himself, and sat 3427 upon the bed 4296.
3 And Jacob 3290 said 559 unto Joseph 3130, God 410 Almighty 7706 appeared 7200 unto me at Luz 3870 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, and blessed 1288 me,
4 And said 559 unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful 6509, and multiply 7235 thee, and I will make 5414 of thee a multitude 6951 of people 5971; and will give 5414 this land 776 to thy seed 2233 after thee 310 for an everlasting 5769 possession 272.
5 And now thy two 8147 sons 1121, Ephraim 669 and Manasseh 4519, which were born 3205 unto thee in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 before 5704 I came 935 unto thee into Egypt 4714, are mine; as Reuben 7205 and Simeon 8095, they shall be mine.
6 And thy issue 4138, which thou begettest 3205 after 310 them, shall be thine, and shall be called 7121 after 5921 the name 8034 of their brethren 251 in their inheritance 5159.
7 And as for me, when I came 935 from Padan 6307, Rachel 7354 died 4191 by me in the land 776 of Canaan 3667 in the way 1870, when 5750 yet there was but a little 3530 way 776 to come 935 unto Ephrath 672: and I buried her 6912 there in the way 1870 of Ephrath 672; the same is Bethlehem 1035.
8 And Israel 3478 beheld 7200 Joseph's 3130 sons 1121, and said 559, Who are these?
9 And Joseph 3130 said 559 unto his father 1, They are my sons 1121, whom God 430 hath given 5414 me in this place. And he said 559, Bring them 3947, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless 1288 them.
10 Now the eyes 5869 of Israel 3478 were dim 3513 for age 2207, so that he could 3201 not see 7200. And he brought them near 5066 unto him; and he kissed 5401 them, and embraced 2263 them.
11 And Israel 3478 said 559 unto Joseph 3130, I had not thought 6419 to see 7200 thy face 6440: and, lo, God 430 hath shewed 7200 me also thy seed 2233.
12 And Joseph 3130 brought them out 3318 from between 5973 his knees 1290, and he bowed 7812 himself with his face 639 to the earth 776.
13 And Joseph 3130 took 3947 them both 8147, Ephraim 669 in his right hand 3225 toward Israel's 3478 left hand 8040, and Manasseh 4519 in his left hand 8040 toward Israel's 3478 right hand 3225, and brought them near 5066 unto him.
14 And Israel 3478 stretched out 7971 his right hand 3225, and laid 7896 it upon Ephraim's 669 head 7218, who was the younger 6810, and his left hand 8040 upon Manasseh's 4519 head 7218, guiding 7919 0 his hands 3027 wittingly 7919; for Manasseh 4519 was the firstborn 1060.
15 And he blessed 1288 Joseph 3130, and said 559, God 430, before 6440 whom my fathers 1 Abraham 85 and Isaac 3327 did walk 1980, the God 430 which fed 7462 me all my life long 5750 unto this day 3117,
16 The Angel 4397 which redeemed 1350 me from all evil 7451, bless 1288 the lads 5288; and let my name 8034 be named 7121 on them, and the name 8034 of my fathers 1 Abraham 85 and Isaac 3327; and let them grow 1711 into a multitude 7230 in the midst 7130 of the earth 776.
17 And when Joseph 3130 saw 7200 that his father 1 laid 7896 his right 3225 hand 3027 upon the head 7218 of Ephraim 669, it displeased 3415 5869 him: and he held up 8551 his father's 1 hand 3027, to remove 5493 it from Ephraim's 669 head 7218 unto Manasseh's 4519 head 7218.
18 And Joseph 3130 said 559 unto his father 1, Not so, my father 1: for this is the firstborn 1060; put 7760 thy right hand 3225 upon his head 7218.
19 And his father 1 refused 3985, and said 559, I know 3045 it, my son 1121, I know 3045 it: he also shall become a people 5971, and he also shall be great 1431: but truly 199 his younger 6996 brother 251 shall be greater 1431 than he, and his seed 2233 shall become a multitude 4393 of nations 1471.
20 And he blessed 1288 them that day 3117, saying 559, In thee shall Israel 3478 bless 1288, saying 559, God 430 make 7760 thee as Ephraim 669 and as Manasseh 4519: and he set 7760 Ephraim 669 before 6440 Manasseh 4519.
21 And Israel 3478 said 559 unto Joseph 3130, Behold, I die 4191: but God 430 shall be with you, and bring you again 7725 unto the land 776 of your fathers 1.
22 Moreover I have given 5414 to thee one 259 portion 7926 above thy brethren 251, which I took 3947 out of the hand 3027 of the Amorite 567 with my sword 2719 and with my bow 7198.