THE ORIGINAL BIBLE for Modern Readers
a copyright-free Bible in the public domain
OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
GENESIS chapter
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
< previous GENESIS - CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT next >
1 After these things, someone said to Joseph,
“Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and
Ephraim. 2 Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to
you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed. 3 Jacob said to
Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed
me, 4 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.’ 5 Now your two sons,
who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are
mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine. 6 Your
issue, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be
called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance. 7 As for me,
when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way,
when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there
on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”
8 Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are
these?”
9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons,
whom God has given me here.”
He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless
them.” 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t
see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 Israel
said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let
me see your offspring also.” 12 Joseph brought them out from between his
knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 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 to him. 14 Israel
stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the
younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for
Manasseh was the firstborn. 15 He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God
before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my
life long to this day, 16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless
the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham
and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right
hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand,
to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 Joseph said to his
father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on
his head.”
19 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 will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a
multitude of nations.” 20 He blessed them that day, saying, “In you will
Israel bless, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim
before Manasseh. 21 Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God
will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover
I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the
hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
< previous next >
|