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Genesis 48 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Israel’s Last Days

Gen 48:1

Now it came about after these things that [fn]Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

Gen 48:2When [fn]it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel [fn]collected his strength and sat [fn]up in the bed.
Gen 48:3Then Jacob said to Joseph, “[fn]God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
Gen 48:4and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your [fn]descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
Gen 48:5“Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
Gen 48:6“But your children that you have fathered after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the [fn]names of their brothers in their inheritance.
Gen 48:7“Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, [fn]to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath. I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
Gen 48:8

When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?”

Gen 48:9And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” So he said, “Bring them to me, please, so that I may bless them.”
Gen 48:10Now the eyes of Israel were so [fn]dim from age that he could not see. And [fn]Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
Gen 48:11And Israel said to Joseph, “I never [fn]expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your [fn]children as well!”
Gen 48:12Then Joseph [fn]took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground.
Gen 48:13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them close to him.
Gen 48:14But Israel reached out his right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
Gen 48:15And he blessed Joseph, and said,

“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

The God who has been my shepherd [fn]all my life to this day,

Gen 48:16

The angel who has redeemed me from all evil,

Bless the boys;

And may my name [fn]live on in them,

And the [fn]names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;

And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

Gen 48:17

When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

Gen 48:18And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”
Gen 48:19But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his [fn]descendants shall become [fn]a multitude of nations.”
Gen 48:20So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying,

‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’”

And so he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Gen 48:21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Gen 48:22“And I give you one [fn]portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit one said to Joseph
Lit one told Jacob and said
Lit strengthened himself
Lit upon the bed
Heb El Shaddai
Lit seed
Lit name
Lit upon me
Lit dull
Lit he
Lit assumed
Lit seed
Lit made them come out
Lit from the continuance of me
Lit be called
Lit name
Lit seed
Lit the fullness
Or ridge; lit shoulder; Heb Shechem
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