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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 48 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/48.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/48-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Genesis 48</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/47.htm" title="Genesis 47">◄</a> Genesis 48 <a href="../genesis/49.htm" title="Genesis 49">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/genesis/48.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew El Shaddai">a</a></sup></span> appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the children that you fathered after them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or about two hours' distance">b</a></sup></span> to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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 him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he blessed Joseph and said,</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,</span><br /><span class="indent">the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;</span><br /><span class="indent">and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;</span><br /><span class="indent">and let them grow into a multitude<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or let them be like fish for multitude">c</a></sup></span> in the midst of the earth.”</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew fullness">d</a></sup></span> of nations.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So he blessed them that day, saying,</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”</span></p><p class="same-paragraph">Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/48-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or one portion of the land; Hebrew shekem, which sounds like the town and district called Shechem">e</a></sup></span> that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Hebrew <i language="Hebrew">El Shaddai</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>about two hours' distance</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">let them</span> be like fish for multitude</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Hebrew <i>fullness</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">one</span> portion of the land</i>; Hebrew <i>shekem</i>, which sounds like the town and district called <i>Shechem</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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