Add parallel Print Page Options

14 Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

15 He blessed Joseph and said,

“God, before whom my fathers
    Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who fed me
    all my life long to this day,
16 the angel who redeemed me from all evil,
    bless the boys;
let them be called by my name,
    and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac;
and let them grow into a multitude
    in the midst of the earth.”

Read full chapter