dynamicbible/bibles/asv/1-48.json

{"ch":48,"vss":[{"v":1,"w":[{"t":"And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim."}]},{"v":2,"w":[{"t":"And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed."}]},{"v":3,"w":[{"t":"And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,"}]},{"v":4,"w":[{"t":"and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession."}]},{"v":5,"w":[{"t":"And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine."}]},{"v":6,"w":[{"t":"And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance."}]},{"v":7,"w":[{"t":"And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem)."}]},{"v":8,"w":[{"t":"And Israel beheld Joseph`s sons, and said, Who are these?"}]},{"v":9,"w":[{"t":"And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them."}]},{"v":10,"w":[{"t":"Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them."}]},{"v":11,"w":[{"t":"And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also."}]},{"v":12,"w":[{"t":"And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth."}]},{"v":13,"w":[{"t":"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."}]},{"v":14,"w":[{"t":"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 first-born."}]},{"v":15,"w":[{"t":"And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,"}]},{"v":16,"w":[{"t":"the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."}]},{"v":17,"w":[{"t":"And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father`s hand, to remove it from Ephraim`s head unto Manasseh`s head."}]},{"v":18,"w":[{"t":"And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head."}]},{"v":19,"w":[{"t":"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: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations."}]},{"v":20,"w":[{"t":"And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh."}]},{"v":21,"w":[{"t":"And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers."}]},{"v":22,"w":[{"t":"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."}]}]}