1	And it came to pass after these things, that one told# Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick# : and he took# with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
			2	And one told# Jacob, and said# , Behold, thy son Joseph cometh# unto thee: and Israel strengthened# himself, and sat# upon the bed.
			3	And Jacob said# unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared# unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed# me,
			4	And said# unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful# , and multiply# thee, and I will make# of thee a multitude of people; and will give# this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
			5	And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born# unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came# unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
			6	And thy issue, which thou begettest# after them, shall be thine, and shall be called# after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
			7	And as for me, when I came# from Padan, Rachel died# by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come# unto Ephrath: and I buried her# there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
			8	And Israel beheld# Joseph's sons, and said# , Who are these?
			9	And Joseph said# unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given# me in this place . And he said# , Bring them# , I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless# them.
			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. [dim: Heb. heavy]
			11	And Israel said# unto Joseph, I had not thought# to see# thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed# me also thy seed.
			12	And Joseph brought them out# from between his knees, and he bowed# himself with his face to the earth.
			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.
			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 firstborn.
			15	And he blessed# Joseph, and said# , God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk# , the God which fed# me all my life long unto this day,
			16	The Angel which 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; and let them grow# into a multitude in the midst of the earth. [grow: Heb. as fishes do increase]
			17	And when Joseph saw# that his father laid# 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. [displeased...: was evil in his eyes]
			18	And Joseph said# unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put# thy right hand upon his head.
			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# : but truly his younger brother shall be greater# than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. [multitude: Heb. fulness]
			20	And he blessed# them that day, saying# , In thee shall Israel bless# , saying# , God make# thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set# Ephraim before Manasseh.
			21	And Israel said# unto Joseph, Behold, I die# : but God shall be with you, and bring you again# unto the land of your fathers.
			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.