<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s>, that one <sn="559">told</s><sn="3130">Joseph</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, thy <sn="1">father</s> is <sn="2470">sick</s>: and he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="5973">with</s> him <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> and <sn="669">Ephraim</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And one <sn="5046">told</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, thy <sn="1121">son</s><sn="3130">Joseph</s><sn="935">cometh</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee: and <sn="3478">Israel</s> strengthened <sn="2388">himself</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4296">bed</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3130">Joseph</s>, <sn="410">God</s><sn="7706">Almighty</s><sn="7200">appeared</s><sn="413">unto</s> me at <sn="3870">Luz</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>, and <sn="1288">blessed</s> me, </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will make thee <sn="6509">fruitful</s>, and <sn="7235">multiply</s> thee, and I will <sn="5414">make</s> of thee a <sn="6951">multitude</s> of <sn="5971">people</s>; and will <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s> to thy <sn="2233">seed</s><sn="310">after</s> thee for an <sn="5769">everlasting</s><sn="272">possession</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="6258">now</s> thy <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="669">Ephraim</s> and <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, which were <sn="3205">born</s> unto thee in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s><sn="5704">before</s> I <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee into <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, are mine; as <sn="7205">Reuben</s> and <sn="8095">Simeon</s>, they shall <sn="1961">be</s> mine. </v>
<vn='6'>And thy <sn="4138">issue</s>, <sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="3205">begettest</s><sn="310">after</s> them, shall <sn="1961">be</s> thine, and shall be <sn="7121">called</s><sn="5921">after</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of their <sn="251">brethren</s> in their <sn="5159">inheritance</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And as for <sn="589">me</s>, when I <sn="935">came</s> from <sn="4480 6307">Padan</s>, <sn="7354">Rachel</s><sn="4191">died</s><sn="5921">by</s> me in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s>, when <sn="5750">yet</s> there was but a <sn="3530">little</s><sn="776">way</s> to <sn="935">come</s> unto <sn="672">Ephrath</s>: and I <sn="6912">buried</s> her <sn="8033">there</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="672">Ephrath</s>; the <sn="1931">same</s> is <sn="1035">Bethlehem</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7200">beheld</s><sn="3130">Joseph</s> 's <sn="*853"></s><sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> are <sn="428">these</s>? </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="3130">Joseph</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="1992">They</s> are my <sn="1121">sons</s>, <sn="834">whom</s><sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s> me in <sn="2088">this</s> place. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3947">Bring</s> them, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> me, and I will <sn="1288">bless</s> them. </v>
<vn='10'>Now the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> were <sn="3513">dim</s> for <sn="4480 2207">age</s>, so that he <sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s>. And he brought them <sn="5066 *853">near</s><sn="413">unto</s> him; and he <sn="5401">kissed</s> them, and <sn="2263">embraced</s> them. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3130">Joseph</s>, I had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6419">thought</s> to <sn="7200">see</s> thy <sn="6440">face</s>: and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="7200">showed</s> me <sn="1571">also</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="2233">seed</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="3130">Joseph</s> brought them <sn="3318 *853">out</s> from <sn="4480 5973">between</s> his <sn="1290">knees</s>, and he bowed <sn="7812">himself</s> with his <sn="639">face</s> to the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="3130">Joseph</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> them <sn="8147">both</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="669">Ephraim</s> in his right <sn="3225">hand</s> toward <sn="3478">Israel</s> 's left <sn="4480 8040">hand</s>, and <sn="4519">Manasseh</s> in his left <sn="8040">hand</s> toward <sn="3478">Israel</s> 's right <sn="4480 3225">hand</s>, and brought them <sn="5066">near</s><sn="413">unto</s> him. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="3478">Israel</s> stretched <sn="7971">out</s><sn="*853"></s> his right <sn="3225">hand</s>, and <sn="7896">laid</s> it <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s> 's <sn="7218">head</s>, <sn="1931">who</s> was the <sn="6810">younger</s>, and his left <sn="8040">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> 's <sn="7218">head</s>, guiding his hands <sn="7919 *853 3027">wittingly</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> was the <sn="1060">firstborn</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And he <sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3130">Joseph</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="6440">before</s><sn="834">whom</s> my <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="85">Abraham</s> and <sn="3327">Isaac</s> did <sn="1980">walk</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> which <sn="7462">fed</s> me all my life <sn="4480 5750">long</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>, </v>
<vn='16'>The <sn="4397">Angel</s> which <sn="1350">redeemed</s> me from <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="7451">evil</s>, <sn="1288">bless</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5288">lads</s>; and let my <sn="8034">name</s> be <sn="7121">named</s> on them, and the <sn="8034">name</s> of my <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="85">Abraham</s> and <sn="3327">Isaac</s>; and let them <sn="1711">grow</s> into a <sn="7230">multitude</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And when <sn="3130">Joseph</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> his <sn="1">father</s><sn="7896">laid</s> his <sn="3225">right</s><sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="7218">head</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>, it <sn="7489 5869">displeased</s> him: and he held <sn="8551">up</s> his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s>, to <sn="5493">remove</s> it <sn="4480 5921">from</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s> 's <sn="7218">head</s><sn="5921">unto</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s> 's <sn="7218">head</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="3130">Joseph</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="3808">Not</s><sn="3651">so</s>, my <sn="1">father</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="2088">this</s> is the <sn="1060">firstborn</s>; <sn="7760">put</s> thy right <sn="3225">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And his <sn="1">father</s><sn="3985">refused</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="3045">know</s> it, my <sn="1121">son</s>, I <sn="3045">know</s> it: <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1571">also</s> shall <sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1571">also</s> shall be <sn="1431">great</s>: but <sn="199">truly</s> his <sn="6996">younger</s><sn="251">brother</s> shall be <sn="1431">greater</s><sn="4480">than</s> he, and his <sn="2233">seed</s> shall <sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="4393">multitude</s> of <sn="1471">nations</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And he <sn="1288">blessed</s> them <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, In thee shall <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1288">bless</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="430">God</s><sn="7760">make</s> thee as <sn="669">Ephraim</s> and as <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>: and he <sn="7760">set</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="669">Ephraim</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="4519">Manasseh</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3130">Joseph</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="595">I</s><sn="4191">die</s>: but <sn="430">God</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5973">with</s> you, and bring you <sn="7725 *853">again</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of your <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Moreover <sn="589">I</s> have <sn="5414">given</s> to thee <sn="259">one</s><sn="7926">portion</s><sn="5921">above</s> thy <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I <sn="3947">took</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="567">Amorite</s> with my <sn="2719">sword</s> and with my <sn="7198">bow</s>. </v>