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chapter 48
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After
these things, it was told Joseph that his father was sick: and he set out to go
to him, taking his two sons Manasses and Ephraim.
2 And it was told the old man: Behold I thy son Joseph
cometh to thee. And being strengthened he sat on his bed.
3 And when Joseph was come in to him, he said : God
Almighty appeared to me at Lute, which is in the land of Chanaan: and he
blessed me,
4 And he said : I will cause thee to increase and
multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this
land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
5 So thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of
Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall
be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon.
6 But the rest whom thou shalt have after them, shall
be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their
possessions.
7 For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, Rachel died from
me in the land of Ohanaan in the very journey, and it was springtime: and I was
going to Ephrata, and I buried her near the way of Ephrata, which by another
name is called Bethlehem.
8 Then seeing his sons, he said to him: Who are these?
9 He answered: They are my sons, whom God hath given me
in this place. And he said: Bring them to me that I may bless them.
10 For Israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great
age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed
and embraced them.
11 And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing
thee: moreover God hath shewed me thy seed.
12 And when Joseph had taken them from his father's
lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground.
13 And he set Ephraim on his right bend, that is,
towards the left hand of Israel; but Manasses on his left hand, to wit, towards
his father's right hand, and brought them near to him.
14 But he stretching forth his right hand, put it upon
the head of Ephraim the younger brother; and the left upon the head of Manasses
who was the elder, changing his hands.
15 And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God,
in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my
youth until this day;
16 The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless
these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers
Abraham, and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.
17 And Joseph seeing that his father had put his right
hand upon the head of Ephraim, was much displeased: and taking his father's
hand he tried to lift it from Ephraims head, and to remove it to the head of
Manasses.
18 And he said to his father: It should not be so, my
father: for this is the first- born, put thy right hand upon his head.
19 But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and
this also shall become peoples, and shall be multiplied: but this younger
brother shall be greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations.
20 And he blessed them at that time, saying: In thee
shall Israel be blessed, and it shall be said: God do to thee as to Ephraim,
and as to Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses.
21 And he said to Joseph his son: Be- hold I die, and
God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers.
22 I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I
took out of the hand of the Amorrhite a with my sword and bow.
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