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Genesis 48:2-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Genesis 48:2-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
3 (A)Jacob then said to Joseph: “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz[a] in the land of Canaan, and blessing me, 4 he said, ‘I will make you fertile and multiply you and make you into an assembly of peoples, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as a permanent possession.’ 5 So now your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I joined you here, shall be mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine as much as Reuben and Simeon are mine. 6 Progeny born to you after them shall remain yours; but their heritage shall be recorded in the names of their brothers. 7 (B)I do this because, when I was returning from Paddan, your mother Rachel died, to my sorrow, during the journey in Canaan, while we were still a short distance from Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath [now Bethlehem].”[b]
8 When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are these?” 9 “They are my sons,” Joseph answered his father, “whom God has given me here.” “Bring them to me,” said his father, “that I may bless them.” 10 Now Israel’s eyes were dim from age; he could not see well. When Joseph brought his sons close to him, he kissed and embraced them. 11 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your descendants as well!”
12 Joseph removed them from his father’s knees and bowed down before him with his face to the ground. 13 Then Joseph took the two, Ephraim with his right hand, to Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand, to Israel’s right, and brought them up to him. 14 But Israel, crossing his hands, put out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, although he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, although he was the firstborn. 15 Then he blessed them with these words:
“May the God in whose presence
my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
The God who has been my shepherd
from my birth to this day,(C)
Genesis 48:2-15
New International Version
Genesis 48:2-15
New International Version
2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel(A) rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.
3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[a](B) appeared to me at Luz(C) in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me(D) 4 and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.(E) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land(F) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’(G)
5 “Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt(H) before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine,(I) just as Reuben(J) and Simeon(K) are mine. 6 Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers. 7 As I was returning from Paddan,[b](L) to my sorrow(M) Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).(N)
8 When Israel(O) saw the sons of Joseph,(P) he asked, “Who are these?”
9 “They are the sons God has given me here,”(Q) Joseph said to his father.
Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless(R) them.”
10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see.(S) So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them(T) and embraced them.(U)
11 Israel(V) said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again,(W) and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”(X)
12 Then Joseph removed them from Israel’s knees(Y) and bowed down with his face to the ground.(Z) 13 And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand,(AA) and brought them close to him. 14 But Israel(AB) reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head,(AC) though he was the younger,(AD) and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.(AE)
15 Then he blessed(AF) Joseph and said,
Footnotes
- Genesis 48:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
- Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
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