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GEN 48:1–48:22 ©

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Yacob blesses Efrayim and Manashsheh

48:1 Yacob blesses Efrayim and Manashsheh

48Some time after that, Yosef was told, “Listen, your father is sick.” So Yosef went to him, taking his two sons with him—Manasseh and Efrayim. 2When someone told Yacob that Yosef had arrived, he exerted himself and sat up in bed, 3then he told him, “God the provider appeared to me at Luz in Canaan, and he blessed me[ref] 4and said to me, ‘Listen, I’ll make you fruitful, and I’ll multiply you and make you into a community of peoples. And I’ll give this land to your offspring after you to be their possession forever.’ 5“And now, your two sons, who were born for you here in Egypt before I came here, I adopt them as my own—Efrayim and Manasseh—just as Reuben and Simeon are mine. 6Any other children that you father after them will be yours. Their inheritance will only be through their older brothers. 7As for me, when I was coming into Canaan from Paddan, Rahel died beside on the way when we were still quite some distance from Efrath, and I buried her there beside the road of Efrath (which is Bethlehem).”[ref]

8Then Yisra’el noticed Yosef’s two sons and asked, “Who are these?”

9“They are my sons that God has given me here in this place.” Yosef replied to his father.

“Please bring them to me, and I will bless them,” Yacob requested. 10Now Yisra’el’s sight was poor in his old age, so he wasn’t able to see much. So Yosef brought them over to him, and Yisra’el kissed them and embraced them. 11“I never expected to see you againhe said to Yosef, “but wow, God has even let me see your children as well.” 12Then Yosef removed his sons from his father’s knees and bowed with his face to the ground.

13Then Yosef took both of them—Efrayim on his right toward Yisra’el’s left and Manasseh (the eldest) on his left toward Yisra’el’s right—and brought them close to him. 14But Yisra’el intentionally extended his right hand and placed it on the Efrayim’s head (the younger one), and crossing his arms, he placed his left hand on Manasseh’s head. 15Then he blessed Yosef saying,

“May the God who my grandfather Abraham and my father Yitshak served,

the God who has been shepherding me for my entire life,

16the messenger who’s turned all harm intended for me into good,

may he bless these young men.

May they be recognised as my descendants,

and as descendants of Abraham and Yitshak,

and grow to increase in number on the earth.

17Then Yosef noticed that his father had placed his right hand on Efrayim’s head and he was upset about it, so he picked up his father’s hand to move it across to Manasseh’s head, 18telling his father, “My father, that’s wrong because that one is my oldest son. Put your right hand on his head.” 19But his father pushed back, “I know, my son, I know. Manasseh will also become a people, and he will also be great. Nevertheless his younger brother will be the greater one, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

20So Yisra’el blessed Efrayim and Manasseh that day saying,[ref]

After this, my descendants will bless people by saying,

‘May God make you like Efrayim and like Manasseh.’ ”

(Notice that he put Efrayim before Manasseh.)

21Then Yisra’el told Yosef, “Listen, I’m about to die, and God will be with you and take you back to the land of your ancestors. 22I’m giving Shekem to you as an additional inheritance over that of your brothers. I captured it with my sword and my bow from the descendants of Amor and it’s now yours.”


48:3-4: Gen 28:13-14.

48:7: Gen 35:16-19.

48:20: Heb 11:21.

GEN 48:1–48:22 ©

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