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== Bereishis (Book of Genesis), Chapter 48 ==

<named id="1"/>1 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph: 'Behold, thy father is sick.' And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

<named id="2"/>2 And one told Jacob, and said: 'Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee.' And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

<named id="3"/>3 And Jacob said unto Joseph: 'G-d Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

<named id="4"/>4 and said unto me: Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

<named id="5"/>5 And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.

<named id="6"/>6 And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

<named id="7"/>7 And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.'

<named id="8"/>8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said: 'Who are these?'

<named id="9"/>9 And Joseph said unto his father: 'They are my sons, whom G-d hath given me here.' And he said: 'Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.'

<named id="10"/>10 Now 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.

<named id="11"/>11 And Israel said unto Joseph: 'I had not thought to see thy face; and, lo, G-d hath let me see thy seed also.'

<named id="12"/>12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he fell down on his face to the earth.

<named id="13"/>13 And 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.

<named id="14"/>14 And 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 first-born.

<named id="15"/>15 And he blessed Joseph, and said: 'The G-d before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the G-d who hath been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,

<named id="16"/>16 the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'

<named id="17"/>17 And when Joseph saw that his father was laying 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.

<named id="18"/>18 And Joseph said unto his father: 'Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.'

<named id="19"/>19 And 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; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.'

<named id="20"/>20 And he blessed them that day, saying: 'By thee shall Israel bless, saying: G-d make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.' And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

<named id="21"/>21 And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Behold, I die; but G-d will be with you, and bring you back unto the land of your fathers.

<named id="22"/>22 Moreover 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.'

== See also ==
* [[Bereishis 47|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Bereishis 48 Commentaries]]
* [[Bereishis 49|Next Chapter]]

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