48:1 And it came to pass after 310 these things 1697, that [one] told 559 8799 Joseph 3130, Behold, thy father 1 [is] sick 2470 8802: and he took 3947 8799 with him his two 8147 sons 1121, Manasseh 4519 and Ephraim 669.

48:2 And [one] told 5046 8686 Jacob 3290, and said 559 8799, Behold, thy son 1121 Joseph 3130 cometh 935 8802 unto thee: and Israel 3478 strengthened 2388 8691 himself, and sat 3427 8799 upon the bed 4296.

48:3 And Jacob 3290 said 559 8799 unto Joseph 3130, God 410 Almighty 7706 appeared 7200 8738 unto me at Luz 3870 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, and blessed 1288 8762 me,

48:4 And said 559 8799 unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful 6509 8688, and multiply 7235 8689 thee, and I will make 5414 8804 of thee a multitude 6951 of people 5971; and will give 5414 8804 this land 776 to thy seed 2233 after thee 310 [for] an everlasting 5769 possession 272.

48:5 And now thy two 8147 sons 1121, Ephraim 669 and Manasseh 4519, which were born 3205 8737 unto thee in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 before 5704 I came 935 8800 unto thee into Egypt 4714, [are] mine; as Reuben 7205 and Simeon 8095, they shall be mine.

48:6 And thy issue 4138, which thou begettest 3205 8689 after 310 them, shall be thine, [and] shall be called 7121 8735 after 5921 the name 8034 of their brethren 251 in their inheritance 5159.

48:7 And as for me, when I came 935 8800 from Padan 6307, Rachel 7354 died 4191 8804 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 8800 unto Ephrath 672: and I buried her 6912 8799 there in the way 1870 of Ephrath 672; the same [is] Bethlehem 1035.

48:8 And Israel 3478 beheld 7200 8799 Joseph's 3130 sons 1121, and said 559 8799, Who [are] these?

48:9 And Joseph 3130 said 559 8799 unto his father 1, They [are] my sons 1121, whom God 430 hath given 5414 8804 me in this [place]. And he said 559 8799, Bring them 3947 8798, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless 1288 8762 them.

48:10 Now the eyes 5869 of Israel 3478 were dim 3513 8804 for age 2207, [so that] he could 3201 8799 not see 7200 8800. And he brought them near 5066 8686 unto him; and he kissed 5401 8799 them, and embraced 2263 8762 them.(dim: Heb. heavy)

48:11 And Israel 3478 said 559 8799 unto Joseph 3130, I had not thought 6419 8765 to see 7200 8800 thy face 6440: and, lo, God 430 hath shewed 7200 8689 me also thy seed 2233.

48:12 And Joseph 3130 brought them out 3318 8686 from between 5973 his knees 1290, and he bowed 7812 8691 himself with his face 639 to the earth 776.

48:13 And Joseph 3130 took 3947 8799 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 8686 unto him.

48:14 And Israel 3478 stretched out 7971 8799 his right hand 3225, and laid 7896 8799 [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 8765; for Manasseh 4519 [was] the firstborn 1060.

48:15 And he blessed 1288 8762 Joseph 3130, and said 559 8799, God 430, before 6440 whom my fathers 1 Abraham 85 and Isaac 3327 did walk 1980 8694, the God 430 which fed 7462 8802 me all my life long 5750 unto this day 3117,

48:16 The Angel 4397 which redeemed 1350 8802 me from all evil 7451, bless 1288 8762 the lads 5288; and let my name 8034 be named 7121 8735 on them, and the name 8034 of my fathers 1 Abraham 85 and Isaac 3327; and let them grow 1711 8799 into a multitude 7230 in the midst 7130 of the earth 776.(grow: Heb. as fishes do increase)

48:17 And when Joseph 3130 saw 7200 8799 that his father 1 laid 7896 8799 his right 3225 hand 3027 upon the head 7218 of Ephraim 669, it displeased 3415 8799 5869 him: and he held up 8551 8799 his father's 1 hand 3027, to remove 5493 8687 it from Ephraim's 669 head 7218 unto Manasseh's 4519 head 7218.(displeased…: was evil in his eyes)

48:18 And Joseph 3130 said 559 8799 unto his father 1, Not so, my father 1: for this [is] the firstborn 1060; put 7760 8798 thy right hand 3225 upon his head 7218.

48:19 And his father 1 refused 3985 8762, and said 559 8799, I know 3045 8804 [it], my son 1121, I know 3045 8804 [it]: he also shall become a people 5971, and he also shall be great 1431 8799: but truly 199 his younger 6996 brother 251 shall be greater 1431 8799 than he, and his seed 2233 shall become a multitude 4393 of nations 1471.(multitude: Heb. fulness)

48:20 And he blessed 1288 8762 them that day 3117, saying 559 8800, In thee shall Israel 3478 bless 1288 8762, saying 559 8800, God 430 make 7760 8799 thee as Ephraim 669 and as Manasseh 4519: and he set 7760 8799 Ephraim 669 before 6440 Manasseh 4519.

48:21 And Israel 3478 said 559 8799 unto Joseph 3130, Behold, I die 4191 8801: but God 430 shall be with you, and bring you again 7725 8689 unto the land 776 of your fathers 1.