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Genesis 48 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Israel's Last Days

(Heb 11:21 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:3 - 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,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:4 - And said H559 unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, H6509 and multiply H7235 thee, and I will make H5414 of thee 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - And as for me, when 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 H1870 of Ephrath; H672 the same is Bethlehem. H1035
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:8 - And Israel H3478 beheld H7200 Joseph's H3130 sons, H1121 and said, H559 Who are these?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:9 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:11 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - And Joseph H3130 took H3947 them both, H8147 Ephraim H669 in his right hand H3225 toward Israel's H3478 left hand, H8040 and Manasseh H4519 in his left hand H8040 toward Israel's H3478 right hand, H3225 and brought them near H5066 unto him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - And Israel H3478 stretched out H7971 his right hand, H3225 and laid H7896 it upon Ephraim's H669 head, H7218 who was the younger, H6810 and his left hand H8040 upon Manasseh's H4519 head, H7218 guiding H7919  his hands H3027 wittingly; H7919 for Manasseh H4519 was the firstborn. H1060
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:15 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - 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 H5869 him: and he held up H8551 his father's H1 hand, H3027 to remove H5493 it from Ephraim's H669 head H7218 unto Manasseh's H4519 head. H7218
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:20 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:21 - 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
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - 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
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