BERESHITH (GENESIS) 48

Gen 48:1 And after these events it came to be that it was said to Yosĕph,
“See, your father is sick.” And he took with him his two sons, Menashsheh
and Ephrayim.
Gen 48:2 And Ya‛aqoḇ was told, “See, your son Yosĕph is coming to you.”
And Yisra’ĕl strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.
Gen 48:3 And Ya‛aqoḇ said to Yosĕph, “Ĕl Shaddai appeared to me at Luz
in the land of Kena‛an and blessed me,
Gen 48:4 and said to me, ‘See, I am making you bear fruit and shall increase
you and make of you an assembly of peoples, and give this land to your seed
after you as an everlasting possession.’
Gen 48:5 “And now, your two sons, Ephrayim and Menashsheh, who were
born to you in the land of Mitsrayim before I came to you in Mitsrayim, are
mine – as Re’uḇĕn and Shim‛on, they are mine.
Gen 48:6 “Your offspring whom you shall bring forth after them are yours,
and let them be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
Gen 48:7 “And I, when I came from Paddan, Raḥĕl died beside me in the
land of Kena‛an on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to
Ephrath. And I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is Bĕyth Leḥem.”
Gen 48:8 And Yisra’ĕl saw Yosĕph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
Gen 48:9 And Yosĕph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom Elohim
has given me in this place.” And he said, “Please bring them to me, and let
me bless them.”
Gen 48:10 And the eyes of Yisra’ĕl were dim with age, and he was unable
to see. And he drew them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
Gen 48:11 And Yisra’ĕl said to Yosĕph, “I had not thought to see your face.
But see, Elohim has also shown me your seed!”
Gen 48:12 So Yosĕph brought them from between his knees, and he bowed
down with his face to the earth.
Gen 48:13 And Yosĕph took them both, Ephrayim with his right hand toward
Yisra’ĕl’s left hand, and Menashsheh with his left hand toward Yisra’ĕl’s
right hand, and brought them near him.
Gen 48:14 And Yisra’ĕl stretched out his right hand and laid it on
Ephrayim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Menashsheh’s
head, consciously directing his hands, for Menashsheh was the first-born.
Gen 48:15 And he blessed Yosĕph, and said, “The Elohim before whom my
fathers Aḇraham and Yitsḥaq walked, the Elohim who has fed me all my life
long to this day,
Gen 48:16 the Messenger who has redeemed me from all evil – bless the
youths! And let my name be called upon them, and the name of my fathers
Aḇraham and Yitsḥaq. And let them increase to a multitude in the midst of the
earth.”
Gen 48:17 And when Yosĕph saw that his father laid his right hand on the
head of Ephrayim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father’s
hand to remove it from the head of Ephrayim to the head of Menashsheh.
Gen 48:18 And Yosĕph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is
the first-born, put your right hand on his head.”
Gen 48:19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also
becomes a people, and he also is great. And yet, his younger brother is
greater than he, and his seed is to become the completeness of the nations.”
Gen 48:20 And he blessed them on that day, saying, “In you Yisra’ĕl shall
bless, saying, ‘Elohim make you as Ephrayim and as Menashsheh!’ ” Thus he
put Ephrayim before Menashsheh.
Gen 48:21 And Yisra’ĕl said to Yosĕph, “See, I am dying, but Elohim shall
be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Gen 48:22 “And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers,
which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”