1
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
Luz
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
blessed
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
[for]
an
everlasting
possession.
5
And
now
thy
two
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,
Rachel
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,
They
[are]
my
sons,
whom
God
hath
given
me
in
this
[place].
And
he
said,
Bring
them,
I
pray
thee,
unto
me,
and
I
will
bless
them.
10
Now
the
eyes
of
Israel
were
dim
for
age,
[so
that]
he
could
not
see.
And
he
brought
them
near
unto
him;
and
he
kissed
them,
and
embraced
them.
11
And
Israel
said
unto
Joseph,
I
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
he
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
which
redeemed
me
from
all
evil,
bless
the
lads;
and
let
my
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
laid
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
younger
brother
shall
be
greater
than
he,
and
his
seed
shall
become
a
multitude
of
nations.
20
And
he
blessed
them
that
day,
saying,
In
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
God
shall
be
with
you,
and
bring
you
again
unto
the
land
of
your
fathers.
22
Moreover
I
have
given
to
thee
one
portion
above
thy
brethren,
which
I
took
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Amorite
with
my
sword
and
with
my
bow.