My LORD’s BibleGenesis 48
1And 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.
וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר לְיֹוסֵף הִנֵּה אָבִיךָ חֹלֶה וַיִּקַּח אֶת־שְׁנֵי בָנָיו עִמֹּו אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת־אֶפְרָיִם׃ (3734)
See also: 2 Kings 13:14, Genesis 41:50-52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 30:24, Genesis 47:31, Genesis 49:22, Genesis 50:23, Numbers 1:32, Psalms 128:6, Ecclesiastes 7:2, Matthew 19:13, John 11:1, John 11:3
2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
וַיַּגֵּד לְיַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה בִּנְךָ יֹוסֵף בָּא אֵלֶיךָ וַיִּתְחַזֵּק יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־הַמִּטָּה׃ (2393)
See also: Deuteronomy 3:28, 1 Samuel 23:16, 1 Chronicles 28:2, Psalms 41:3, Proverbs 23:15, Ephesians 6:10, Nehemiah 2:18
3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־יֹוסֵף אֵל שַׁדַּי נִרְאָה־אֵלַי בְּלוּז בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתִי׃ (2445)
See also: Genesis 28:13, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 28:19, Exodus 6:3, Genesis 18:1, Hebrews 11:9, Genesis 35:9-12, Exodus 4:5, Judges 1:23, Genesis 17:1, Psalms 77:15, Genesis 28:12-19, Genesis 35:6-7, Exodus 3:18, Hosea 12:4, Revelation 21:11, Genesis 35:11, Revelation 1:8
4And 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי הִנְנִי מַפְרְךָ וְהִרְבִּיתִךָ וּנְתַתִּיךָ לִקְהַל עַמִּים וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ אֲחֻזַּת עֹולָם׃ (5711)
See also: Psalms 127:3, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 13:15, Exodus 1:7, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 28:13-15, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 35:12, Genesis 46:3, Genesis 47:27, Deuteronomy 32:8, Amos 9:14-15, Hebrews 6:14, Genesis 46:20, Exodus 1:11
5And now thy two 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 be mine.
וְעַתָּה שְׁנֵי־בָנֶיךָ הַנֹּולָדִים לְךָ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם עַד־בֹּאִי אֵלֶיךָ מִצְרַיְמָה לִי־הֵם אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה כִּרְאוּבֵן וְשִׁמְעֹון יִהְיוּ־לִי׃ (3963)
See also: Exodus 2:10, Genesis 41:50-52, Genesis 46:20, Joshua 14:4, Genesis 48:16, Hebrews 11:21, Joshua 13:7, 1 Chronicles 5:1-2, Ezekiel 47:13, 2 Corinthians 6:18, Revelation 7:6-7, Genesis 41:51, Genesis 49:22, Leviticus 20:26, Numbers 1:10, Numbers 1:32-35, Numbers 1:33, Numbers 2:18, Numbers 26:28-37, Joshua 16:1-10
6And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
וּמֹולַדְתְּךָ אֲשֶׁר־הֹולַדְתָּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם לְךָ יִהְיוּ עַל שֵׁם אֲחֵיהֶם יִקָּרְאוּ בְּנַחֲלָתָם׃ (3148)
See also: Joshua 14:4
7And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel 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 Bethlehem.
וַאֲנִי ׀ בְּבֹאִי מִפַּדָּן מֵתָה עָלַי רָחֵל בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּעֹוד כִּבְרַת־אֶרֶץ לָבֹא אֶפְרָתָה וָאֶקְבְּרֶהָ שָּׁם בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָת הִוא בֵּית לָחֶם׃ (5535)
See also: Micah 5:2, Genesis 35:19, Genesis 35:16, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 35:9, Matthew 2:18, Genesis 25:20, Ruth 1:2, 1 Samuel 1:1, 1 Samuel 10:2, 1 Samuel 16:4, 1 Samuel 17:12, Luke 2:4
8And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־בְּנֵי יֹוסֵף וַיֹּאמֶר מִי־אֵלֶּה׃ (1720)
See also: Amos 5:6
9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
וַיֹּאמֶר יֹוסֵף אֶל־אָבִיו בָּנַי הֵם אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן־לִי אֱלֹהִים בָּזֶה וַיֹּאמַר קָחֶם־נָא אֵלַי וַאֲבָרֲכֵם׃ (2477)
See also: Genesis 27:4, Genesis 33:5, Hebrews 2:13, Genesis 14:19, Hebrews 11:21, Genesis 27:28-29, Genesis 27:34-40, Genesis 28:3-4, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 49:28, Deuteronomy 33:1, Deuteronomy 33:13, Ruth 4:11-14, 1 Samuel 1:20, 1 Samuel 1:27, 1 Samuel 2:20-21, 1 Chronicles 25:5, 1 Chronicles 26:4-5, Psalms 127:3, Isaiah 8:18
10Now 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.
וְעֵינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּבְדוּ מִזֹּקֶן לֹא יוּכַל לִרְאֹות וַיַּגֵּשׁ אֹתָם אֵלָיו וַיִּשַּׁק לָהֶם וַיְחַבֵּק לָהֶם׃ (3149)
See also: Genesis 27:1, Deuteronomy 34:7, Genesis 27:27, 1 Samuel 3:2, Ecclesiastes 12:2, Ecclesiastes 12:3, Acts 20:1, Genesis 31:55, Genesis 45:15, 1 Samuel 4:15, 1 Kings 14:4, 1 Kings 19:20, Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 59:1
11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
וַיֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יֹוסֵף רְאֹה פָנֶיךָ לֹא פִלָּלְתִּי וְהִנֵּה הֶרְאָה אֹתִי אֱלֹהִים גַּם אֶת־זַרְעֶךָ׃ (3447)
See also: Ephesians 3:20, Genesis 45:26, Psalms 107:41, 1 Thessalonians 2:17, Genesis 37:33, Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:36, Philippians 2:28
12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
וַיֹּוצֵא יֹוסֵף אֹתָם מֵעִם בִּרְכָּיו וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לְאַפָּיו אָרְצָה׃ (2251)
See also: Genesis 42:6, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 33:3, Exodus 20:12, Exodus 34:8, Leviticus 19:3, Leviticus 19:32, 1 Kings 2:19, 2 Kings 4:37, Proverbs 31:28, Ephesians 6:1
13And 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.
וַיִּקַּח יֹוסֵף אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶם אֶת־אֶפְרַיִם בִּימִינֹו מִשְּׂמֹאל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה בִשְׂמֹאלֹו מִימִין יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּגֵּשׁ אֵלָיו׃ (5126)
14And 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 firstborn.
וַיִּשְׁלַח יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־יְמִינֹו וַיָּשֶׁת עַל־רֹאשׁ אֶפְרַיִם וְהוּא הַצָּעִיר וְאֶת־שְׂמֹאלֹו עַל־רֹאשׁ מְנַשֶּׁה שִׂכֵּל אֶת־יָדָיו כִּי מְנַשֶּׁה הַבְּכֹור׃ (6672)
See also: Genesis 41:51, Genesis 48:17, Genesis 48:19, Numbers 2:18, 2 Samuel 19:20, Mark 10:16, Acts 3:25, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:18, Exodus 15:6, Numbers 8:10, Numbers 8:18, Numbers 26:29, Deuteronomy 34:9, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 118:16, Ezekiel 48:4, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 19:13
15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶת־יֹוסֵף וַיֹּאמַר הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר הִתְהַלְּכוּ אֲבֹתַי לְפָנָיו אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק הָאֱלֹהִים הָרֹעֶה אֹתִי מֵעֹודִי עַד־הַיֹּום הַזֶּה׃ (4225)
See also: Philippians 4:19, Genesis 17:1, John 1:18, Philippians 2:6, 1 Chronicles 5:1, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 31:5, Ruth 1:6, Hebrews 7:7, Genesis 24:40, 2 Kings 25:30, Psalms 20:1, Proverbs 30:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 31:11, Luke 22:35, Acts 7:30, Colossians 2:6
16The Angel which 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.
הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי מִכָּל־רָע יְבָרֵךְ אֶת־הַנְּעָרִים וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ׃ (4710)
See also: 1 Chronicles 4:10, Genesis 28:15, 2 Timothy 4:18, Exodus 23:20, Psalms 34:6, Psalms 34:22, Acts 7:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, Jeremiah 15:21, Isaiah 63:9, 2 Samuel 4:9, Psalms 103:4, Exodus 3:2, Genesis 28:13-15, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 49:22, Psalms 31:5, Psalms 54:7, Genesis 32:24, Exodus 32:13
17And 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.
וַיַּרְא יֹוסֵף כִּי־יָשִׁית אָבִיו יַד־יְמִינֹו עַל־רֹאשׁ אֶפְרַיִם וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינָיו וַיִּתְמֹךְ יַד־אָבִיו לְהָסִיר אֹתָהּ מֵעַל רֹאשׁ־אֶפְרַיִם עַל־רֹאשׁ מְנַשֶּׁה׃ (5826)
See also: Genesis 48:14, Romans 9:7-8, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:10, Numbers 11:1, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Kings 16:25, 1 Chronicles 21:7, Proverbs 24:18, Romans 9:11, Numbers 22:34, Matthew 25:33
18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
וַיֹּאמֶר יֹוסֵף אֶל־אָבִיו לֹא־כֵן אָבִי כִּי־זֶה הַבְּכֹר שִׂים יְמִינְךָ עַל־רֹאשֹׁו׃ (1933)
See also: Genesis 49:3, Joshua 17:1, Genesis 19:18, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 29:26, Genesis 41:51, Genesis 43:33, Genesis 48:14, Exodus 10:11, Matthew 25:9, Acts 10:14, Acts 11:8
19And 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.
וַיְמָאֵן אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר יָדַעְתִּי בְנִי יָדַעְתִּי גַּם־הוּא יִהְיֶה־לְּעָם וְגַם־הוּא יִגְדָּל וְאוּלָם אָחִיו הַקָּטֹן יִגְדַּל מִמֶּנּוּ וְזַרְעֹו יִהְיֶה מְלֹא־הַגֹּויִם׃ (2675)
See also: Numbers 1:33-35, Deuteronomy 33:17, Isaiah 44:8, 1 Chronicles 16:22, Psalms 105:15, Luke 1:15, Genesis 17:20-21, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 48:14, Genesis 50:23, Joshua 17:14, Hosea 13:15, Genesis 17:4, Genesis 49:22, Numbers 1:35, Numbers 2:19-21, Numbers 10:22, Deuteronomy 1:10, Ruth 4:11-12, 1 Samuel 3:2
20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
וַיְבָרֲכֵם בַּיֹּום הַהוּא לֵאמֹור בְּךָ יְבָרֵךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר יְשִׂמְךָ אֱלֹהִים כְּאֶפְרַיִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁה וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־אֶפְרַיִם לִפְנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה׃ (4577)
See also: Numbers 6:23, Ruth 4:11-12, Jeremiah 29:22, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:3, 2 Samuel 19:20, Genesis 46:20, Numbers 2:18-21, Numbers 7:48, Numbers 7:54, Numbers 10:22-23, Numbers 13:11, Numbers 13:16
21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
וַיֹּאמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יֹוסֵף הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מֵת וְהָיָה אֱלֹהִים עִמָּכֶם וְהֵשִׁיב אֶתְכֶם אֶל־אֶרֶץ אֲבֹתֵיכֶם׃ (3427)
See also: Genesis 28:15, Genesis 46:4, Genesis 50:24, Exodus 13:19, Genesis 26:3, Hebrews 11:13, Genesis 27:2, Numbers 14:9, Deuteronomy 31:3, 2 Timothy 4:6, Hebrews 7:3, Hebrews 7:23-25, Hebrews 9:17, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 37:1, Genesis 50:5, Genesis 50:6, Deuteronomy 1:1-46, Deuteronomy 31:8
22Moreover 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.
וַאֲנִי נָתַתִּי לְךָ שְׁכֶם אַחַד עַל־אַחֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר לָקַחְתִּי מִיַּד הָאֱמֹרִי בְּחַרְבִּי וּבְקַשְׁתִּי׃ (3888)
See also: John 4:5, Joshua 24:32, 2 Kings 6:22, Joshua 17:14, 1 Chronicles 5:2, Genesis 15:16, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 34:28, Deuteronomy 21:17, Joshua 5:1, Judges 11:23, 1 Chronicles 1:14, Amos 2:9, Ezekiel 47:13