Genesis 48 - Israeli Authorized Version

¹ And it came to pass after these things, that one told Yosef, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Mnasheh and Efrayim.

² And one told Yaakov, and said, Behold, thy son Yosef cometh unto thee: and Yisrael strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

³ And Yaakov said unto Yosef, Elohim Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Kenaan, and blessed me,

⁴ 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.

⁵ And now thy two sons, Efrayim and Mnasheh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuven and Shimon, they shall be mine.

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, Rachel died by me in the land of Kenaan 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.

⁸ And Yisrael beheld Yosef's sons, and said, Who are these?

⁹ And Yosef said unto his father, They are my sons, whom Elohim hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

¹⁰ Now the eyes of Yisrael were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

¹¹ And Yisrael said unto Yosef, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, Elohim hath shewed me also thy seed.

¹² And Yosef brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

¹³ And Yosef took them both, Efrayim in his right hand toward Yisrael's left hand, and Mnasheh in his left hand toward Yisrael's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

¹⁴ And Yisrael stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Efrayim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Mnasheh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Mnasheh was the firstborn.

¹⁵ And he blessed Yosef, and said, Elohim, before whom my fathers Avraham and Yitzchak did walk, the Elohim which fed me all my life long unto this day,

¹⁶ 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 Avraham and Yitzchak; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

¹⁷ And when Yosef saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Efrayim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Efrayim's head unto Mnasheh's head.

¹⁸ And Yosef 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, 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.

²⁰ And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Yisrael bless, saying, Elohim make thee as Efrayim and as Mnasheh: and he set Efrayim before Mnasheh.

²¹ And Yisrael said unto Yosef, Behold, I die: but Elohim shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

²² 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.