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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.
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And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
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And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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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.
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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.
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And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
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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.
#,r,a.Bt0776 lex'rt07354 y;l'[ h'tem !'D;Pim yia{b.Bt0935 yin]a;w ? h't'r.p,at0672 a{b'l #,r,at0776 -t;r.biKt03530 dw{[.Bt05750 .$,r,D;Bt01870 !;[;n.Kt03667 ? ~,x'l tyeB awih t'r.p,at0672 .$,r,d.Bt01870 ~'V 'h,r.B.q,a'wt06912
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And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
h,Lea -yim r,ma{Y;wt0559 @esw{yt03130 yen.B -t,a lea'r.fIyt03478 a.r;Y;w
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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.
-n;t'n -r,v]a ~eh y;n'B wyib'at01 -l,a @esw{yt03130 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? y;lea a'n -m,x'q r;ma{Y;wt0559 h,z'B ~yih{l/at0430 yil ? ~ek]r'b]a;w
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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.
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And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
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And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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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.
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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.
va{rt07218 -l;[ t,v'Y;wt07896 w{nyim.yt03225 -t,a lea'r.fIyt03478 x;l.viY;wt07971 ? va{rt07218 -l;[ w{la{m.ft08040 -t,a.w ryi['C;ht06810 a.Wh.w ~Iy;r.p,at0669 ? rw{k.B;h h,V;n.mt04519 yiK wy'd'yt03027 -t,a leKif h,V;n.mt04519
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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,
r,v]a ~yih{l/a'ht0430 r;ma{Y;wt0559 @esw{yt03130 -t,a .$,r'b.y;wt01288 ? ~yih{l/a'ht0430 q'x.cIy.wt03327 ~'h'r.b;at01 wy'n'p.lt06440 y;t{b]a .Wk.L;h.tih ? h,Z;h ~w{Y;ht03117 -d;[ yidw{[em yit{a h,[{r'ht07462
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The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
~yir'[.N;ht05288 -t,a .$er'b.yt01288 ['rt07451 -l'Kim yit{a lea{G;h .$'a.l;M;ht04397 ? q'x.cIy.wt03327 ~'h'r.b;at01 y;t{b]a ~ev.wt08034 yim.v ~,h'b aer'QIy.wt07121 ? #,r'a'ht0776 b,r,q.Bt07230 b{r'l .WG.dIy.w
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And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased* him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
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And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
yib'at01 !ek -a{l wyib'at01 -l,a @esw{yt03130 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? w{va{rt07218 -l;[ '$.nyim.yt03225 ~yif r{k.B;ht01060 h,z -yiK
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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.
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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.
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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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.
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