And it came to pass after{H310} these things,{H1697} that one said{H559} to Joseph,{H3130} Behold, thy father{H1} is sick:{H2470} and he took{H3947} with him his two{H8147} sons,{H1121} Manasseh{H4519} and Ephraim.{H669}

And one told{H5046} Jacob,{H3290} and said,{H559} Behold, thy son{H1121} Joseph{H3130} cometh{H935} unto thee: and Israel{H3478} strengthened{H2388} himself, and sat{H3427} upon the bed.{H4296}

And Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} God{H410} Almighty{H7706} appeared{H7200} unto me at Luz{H3870} in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and blessed{H1288} me,

and said{H559} unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,{H6509} and multiply{H7235} thee, and I will make{H5414} of thee a company{H6951} of peoples,{H5971} and will give{H5414} this land{H776} to thy seed{H2233} after thee{H310} for an everlasting{H5769} possession.{H272}

And now thy two{H8147} sons,{H1121} who were born{H3205} unto thee in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} before{H5704} I came{H935} unto thee into Egypt,{H4714} are mine; Ephraim{H669} and Manasseh,{H4519} even as Reuben{H7205} and Simeon,{H8095} shall be mine.

And thy issue,{H4138} that thou begettest{H3205} after{H310} them, shall be thine; they shall be called{H7121} after{H5921} the name{H8034} of their brethren{H251} in their inheritance.{H5159}

And as for me, when I came{H935} from Paddan,{H6307} Rachel{H7354} died{H4191} by me in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} in the way,{H1870} when{H5750} there was still some{H3530} distance{H776} to come{H935} unto Ephrath:{H672} and I buried her{H6912} there in the way{H1870} to Ephrath{H672} (the same is Beth-lehem).{H1035}

And Israel{H3478} beheld{H7200} Joseph's{H3130} sons,{H1121} and said,{H559} Who are these?

And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto his father,{H1} They are my sons,{H1121} whom God{H430} hath given{H5414} me here. And he said,{H559} Bring them,{H3947} I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless{H1288} them.

Now the eyes{H5869} of Israel{H3478} were dim{H3513} for age,{H2207} so that he could{H3201} not see.{H7200} And he brought them near{H5066} unto him; and he kissed{H5401} them, and embraced{H2263} them.

And Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} I had not thought{H6419} to see{H7200} thy face:{H6440} and, lo, God{H430} hath let me see{H7200} thy seed{H2233} also.

And Joseph{H3130} brought them out{H3318} from between{H5973} his knees;{H1290} and he bowed{H7812} himself with his face{H639} to the earth.{H776}

And Joseph{H3130} took{H3947} them both,{H8147} Ephraim{H669} in his right hand{H3225} toward Israel's{H3478} left hand,{H8040} and Manasseh{H4519} in his left hand{H8040} toward Israel's{H3478} right hand,{H3225} and brought them near{H5066} unto him.

And Israel{H3478} stretched out{H7971} his right hand,{H3225} and laid{H7896} it upon Ephraim's{H669} head,{H7218} who was the younger,{H6810} and his left hand{H8040} upon Manasseh's{H4519} head,{H7218} guiding{H7919} his hands{H3027} wittingly;{H7919} for Manasseh{H4519} was the first-born.{H1060}

And he blessed{H1288} Joseph,{H3130} and said,{H559} The God{H430} before{H6440} whom my fathers{H1} Abraham{H85} and Isaac{H3327} did walk,{H1980} the God{H430} who hath fed{H7462} me all my life long{H5750} unto this day,{H3117}

the angel{H4397} who hath redeemed{H1350} me from all evil,{H7451} bless{H1288} the lads;{H5288} and let my name{H8034} be named{H8034} on them, and the name{H8034} of my fathers{H1} Abraham{H85} and Isaac;{H3327} and let them grow{H1711} into a multitude{H7230} in the midst{H7130} of the earth.{H776}

And when Joseph{H3130} saw{H7200} that his father{H1} laid{H7896} his right{H3225} hand{H3027} upon the head{H7218} of Ephraim,{H669} it displeased{H3415} him: and he held up{H8551} his father's{H1} hand,{H3027} to remove{H5493} it from Ephraim's{H669} head{H7218} unto Manasseh's{H4519} head.{H7218}

And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto his father,{H1} Not so, my father;{H1} for this is the first-born;{H1060} put{H7760} thy right hand{H3225} upon his head.{H7218}

And his father{H1} refused,{H3985} and said,{H559} I know{H3045} [it], my son,{H1121} I know{H3045} [it]; he also shall become a people,{H5971} and he also shall be great:{H1431} howbeit{H199} his younger{H6996} brother{H251} shall be greater{H1431} than he, and his seed{H2233} shall become a multitude{H4393} of nations.{H1471}

And he blessed{H1288} them that day,{H3117} saying,{H559} In thee will Israel{H3478} bless,{H1288} saying,{H559} God{H430} make{H7760} thee as Ephraim{H669} and as Manasseh:{H4519} and he set{H7760} Ephraim{H669} before{H6440} Manasseh.{H4519}

And Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} Behold, I die:{H4191} but God{H430} will be with you, and bring you again{H7725} unto the land{H776} of your fathers.{H1}

Moreover I have given{H5414} to thee one{H259} portion{H7926} above thy brethren,{H251} which I took{H3947} out of the hand{H3027} of the Amorite{H567} with my sword{H2719} and with my bow.{H7198}