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And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face, and, behold, God has showed me also thy seed.
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Then 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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Then 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 with understanding; for Manasseh
was the firstborn.
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And he blessed Joseph and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto this day,
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the Angel who frees me from all evil, bless these young men, 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.
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Then Joseph seeing 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.
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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 Gentiles.
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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.