Genesis

Genesis 48 ©

1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father, who strengtheneth himself to bless them. 3 He repeateth God's promise; taketh Ephraim and Manasseh as his own; and telleth Joseph of his mother's grave. 8 He blesseth Joseph's two sons with their father, and preferreth the younger before the elder. 21 He prophesieth their return to Canaan, in which he giveth Joseph a double portion.

1

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.

2

And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel astrengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

a Job 4.3,4.
3

And Jacob said unto Joseph, bGod Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

b ch. 17.1; 28.12-19; 35.6,7,9,11.
4

And said unto me, Behold, cI 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.

c ch. 12.2; 13.15,16; 17.8; 28.3,14; 32.12; 35.11; 46.3; 47.27. Ex. 1.7,11.
5

¶And now thy dtwo 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 ebe mine.

d ch. 41.50-52; 46.20. Jos. 13.7.
e Jos. 14.4; 16; 17. Nu. 1.10,32-35; 26.28-37.
6

And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

7

And as for me, when I came from Padan, fRachel 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 Beth-lehem.

f ch. 35.9-19. 1Sa. 10.2. Mat. 2.18.
8

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

9

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom gGod hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will hbless them.

g ch. 30.2; 33.5. Ps. 127.3. Is. 8.18. 1Ch. 25.5; 26.4,5.
h ch. 27.4; 28.3; 49.25,26. He. 11.21.
10

Now the eyes of Israel were 1dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

11

And Israel said unto Joseph, I ihad not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

i ch. 37.33; 42.36. Ep. 3.20.
12

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed jhimself with his face to the earth.

j ch. 18.2; 19.1. Ex. 20.12. Le. 19.3,32. Ep. 6.1. 1Ki. 2.19. Pr. 31.28.
13

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.

14

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 kfirstborn.

k ch. 41.51; 46.20. v.18.
15

¶And lhe blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did mwalk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

l He. 11.21. ch. 27.4; 28.3; 49.28. De. 33.1.
m ch. 5.22; 6.9; 17.1; 24.40. Col. 2.6. Ps. 16.8. 1Co. 10.31. 1Ki. 3.6. Lu. 1.6. Is. 38.3. 2Co. 1.12.
16

The nAngel which oredeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my pname be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them 2grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

n Mal. 3.1. ch. 28.13,15; 31.11,13,24. Ex. 23.20,21. 1Co. 10.4,9.
o Is. 44.22,23; 49.7.
p v.5. De. 28.10. 2Ch. 7.14. Je. 14.9. Am. 9.12. Ac. 15.17.
17

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it 3displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

18

And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

19

And his father refused, and said, qI know it, my son, I know it : he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his ryounger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a 4multitude of nations.

q v.14.
r ch. 17.20,21; 25.23. Nu. 1.33,35; 2.19,21; 13.8,16. 1Ki. 11.26,28; 12. De. 33.17.
20

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, sGod make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

s Ru. 4.11,12.
21

And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, tI die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

t ch. 46.4; 50.24. 1Ki. 2.2-4. 2Pe. 1.14. 2Ti. 4.6. Lu. 2.29. Jos. 23; 24. De. 1.1.
22

Moreover I have given uto thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

u De. 21.17. Jos. 24.32. Jn. 4.5. ch. 33.19.