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And it came to pass after[H310] these things[H1697], that one told[H559]Joseph[H3130], Behold, thy father[H1] is sick[H2470]: and he took[H3947] with him his two[H8147]sons[H1121], Manasseh[H4519] and Ephraim[H669].
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And one told[H5046]Jacob[H3290], and said[H559], Behold, thy son[H1121]Joseph[H3130]cometh[H935] unto thee: and Israel[H3478]strengthened[H2388] himself, and sat[H3427] upon the bed[H4296].
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And Jacob[H3290]said[H559] unto Joseph[H3130], God[H410]Almighty[H7706]appeared[H7200] unto me at Luz[H3870] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], and blessed[H1288] me,
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And said[H559] unto me, Behold, I will make[H5414]thee[H310]fruitful[H6509], and multiply[H7235]thee[H310], and I will make[H5414] of thee[H310] a multitude[H6951] of people[H5971]; and will give[H5414] this land[H776] to thy seed[H2233] after thee[H310] for an everlasting[H5769]possession[H272].
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And now thy two[H8147]sons[H1121], Ephraim[H669] and Manasseh[H4519], which were born[H3205] unto thee in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]before[H5704] I came[H935] unto thee into Egypt[H4714], are mine; as Reuben[H7205] and Simeon[H8095], they shall be mine.
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And thy issue[H4138], which thou begettest[H3205]after[H310] them, shall be thine, and shall be called[H7121]after[H5921] the name[H8034] of their brethren[H251] in their inheritance[H5159].
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And as for me, when[H5750] I came[H935] from Padan[H6307], Rachel[H7354]died[H4191] by me in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667] in the way[H1870], when[H5750] yet there was but a little[H3530]way[H776] to come[H935] unto Ephrath[H672]: and I buried her[H6912] there in the way[H776] of Ephrath[H672]; the same is Bethlehem[H1035].
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And Israel[H3478]beheld[H7200] Joseph's sons[H1121], and said[H559], Who are these?
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And Joseph[H3130]said[H559] unto his father[H1], They are my sons[H1121], whom God[H430] hath given[H5414] me in this place. And he said[H559], Bring them[H3947], I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless[H1288]them[H3947].
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Now the eyes[H5869] of Israel[H3478] were dim[H3513] for age[H2207], so that he could[H3201] not see[H7200]. And he brought them near[H5066] unto him; and he kissed[H5401] them, and embraced[H2263] them.
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And Israel[H3478]said[H559] unto Joseph[H3130], I had not thought[H6419] to see[H7200] thy face[H6440]: and, lo, God[H430] hath shewed[H7200] me also thy seed[H2233].
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And Joseph[H3130] brought them out[H3318] from between[H5973] his knees[H1290], and he bowed[H7812] himself with his face[H639] to the earth[H776].
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And Joseph[H3130]took[H3947] them both[H8147], Ephraim[H669] in his right hand[H3225] toward Israel's left hand[H8040], and Manasseh[H4519] in his left hand[H8040] toward Israel's right hand[H8040], and brought them near[H5066] unto him.
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And Israel[H3478] stretched out[H7971] his right hand[H3225], and laid[H7896] it upon Ephraim's head[H7218], who was the younger[H6810], and his left hand[H8040] upon Manasseh[H4519]'s head[H7218], guiding[H7919] his hands[H3027]wittingly[H7919]; for Manasseh[H4519] was the firstborn[H1060].
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And he blessed[H1288]Joseph[H3130], and said[H559], God[H430], before[H6440] whom my fathers[H1]Abraham[H85] and Isaac[H3327] did walk[H1980], the God[H430] which fed[H7462] me all my life long[H5750] unto this day[H3117],
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The Angel[H4397] which redeemed[H1350] me from all evil[H7451], bless[H1288] the lads[H5288]; and let my name[H8034] be named[H7121] on them, and the name[H8034] of my fathers[H1]Abraham[H85] and Isaac[H3327]; and let them grow[H1711] into a multitude[H7230] in the midst[H7130] of the earth[H776].
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And when Joseph[H3130]saw[H7200] that his father[H1]laid[H7896] his right[H3225]hand[H3027] upon the head[H7218] of Ephraim[H669], it displeased[H3415] him: and he held up[H8551] his father[H1]'s hand[H3027], to remove[H5493] it from Ephraim[H669]'s head[H7218] unto Manasseh's head[H7218].
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And Joseph[H3130]said[H559] unto his father[H1], Not so, my father[H1]: for this is the firstborn[H1060]; put[H7760] thy right hand[H3225] upon his head[H7218].
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And his father[H1]refused[H3985], and said[H559], I know[H3045] it, my son[H1121], I know[H3045] it: he also shall become a people[H5971], and he also shall be great[H1431]: but truly[H199] his younger[H6996]brother[H251] shall be greater[H1431] than he, and his seed[H2233] shall become a multitude[H4393] of nations[H1471].
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And he blessed[H1288] them that day[H3117], saying[H559], In thee shall Israel[H3478]bless[H1288], saying[H559], God[H430]make[H7760] thee as Ephraim[H669] and as Manasseh[H4519]: and he set[H7760]Ephraim[H669]before[H6440]Manasseh[H4519].
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And Israel[H3478]said[H559] unto Joseph[H3130], Behold, I die[H4191]: but God[H430] shall be with you, and bring you again[H7725] unto the land[H776] of your fathers[H1].
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Moreover I have given[H5414] to thee one[H259]portion[H7926] above thy brethren[H251], which I took[H3947] out of the hand[H3027] of the Amorite[H567] with my sword[H2719] and with my bow[H7198].