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World English Bible

Genesis 48 (WEBP)

[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 offspring, 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 beside 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 well. Joseph 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, “Israel will bless in your name, 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.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 48 (KJVS)

[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 Beth-lehem.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.

Genesis 48:10 Heb. heavy
Genesis 48:16 Heb. as fishes do increase
Genesis 48:19 Heb. fullness

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 48 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () μετὰ () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα () καὶ () ἀπηγγέλη () τῷ () Ιωσηφ () ὅτι () Ὁ () πατήρ () σου () ἐνοχλεῖται. () Καὶ () ἀναλαβὼν () τοὺς () δύο () υἱοὺς () αὐτοῦ, () τὸν () Μανασση () καὶ () τὸν () Εφραιμ, () ἦλθεν () πρὸς () Ιακωβ. ()
[2] Ἀπηγγέλη () δὲ () τῷ () Ιακωβ () λέγοντες () Ἰδοὺ () ὁ () υἱός () σου () Ιωσηφ () ἔρχεται () πρὸς () σέ. () Καὶ () ἐνισχύσας () Ισραηλ () ἐκάθισεν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κλίνην. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν Ιακωβ () τῷ () Ιωσηφ () Ὁ () θεός () μου () ὤφθη () μοι () ἐν () Λουζα ἐν () γῇ () Χανααν () καὶ () εὐλόγησέν () με ()
[4] καὶ () εἶπέν μοι () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () αὐξανῶ () σε () καὶ () πληθυνῶ () σε () καὶ () ποιήσω () σε () εἰς () συναγωγὰς () ἐθνῶν () καὶ () δώσω () σοι () τὴν () γῆν () ταύτην () καὶ () τῷ () σπέρματί () σου () μετὰ () σὲ () εἰς () κατάσχεσιν () αἰώνιον. ()
[5] Νῦν () οὖν () οἱ () δύο () υἱοί () σου () οἱ () γενόμενοί () σοι () ἐν () Αἰγύπτῳ () πρὸ () τοῦ () με () ἐλθεῖν () πρὸς () σὲ () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον () ἐμοί () εἰσιν, () Εφραιμ () καὶ () Μανασση () ὡς () Ρουβην καὶ () Συμεων () ἔσονταί () μοι· ()
[6] τὰ () δὲ () ἔκγονα, () ἃ () ἐὰν () γεννήσῃς () μετὰ () ταῦτα, () σοὶ () ἔσονται, () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματι () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν () αὐτῶν () κληθήσονται () ἐν () τοῖς () ἐκείνων () κλήροις. ()
[7] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἡνίκα () ἠρχόμην () ἐκ () Μεσοποταμίας () τῆς () Συρίας, () ἀπέθανεν () Ραχηλ () ἡ () μήτηρ () σου () ἐν () γῇ () Χανααν () ἐγγίζοντός () μου () κατὰ () τὸν () ἱππόδρομον χαβραθα τῆς () γῆς () τοῦ () ἐλθεῖν () Εφραθα, καὶ () κατώρυξα αὐτὴν () ἐν () τῇ () ὁδῷ () τοῦ () ἱπποδρόμου [αὕτη () ἐστὶν () Βαιθλεεμ]. —
[8] ἰδὼν () δὲ () Ισραηλ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ιωσηφ () εἶπεν Τίνες () σοι () οὗτοι; ()
[9] Εἶπεν δὲ () Ιωσηφ () τῷ () πατρὶ () αὐτοῦ () Υἱοί () μού () εἰσιν, () οὓς () ἔδωκέν () μοι () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐνταῦθα. Καὶ () εἶπεν Ιακωβ () Προσάγαγέ () μοι () αὐτούς, () ἵνα () εὐλογήσω () αὐτούς. ()
[10] Οἱ () δὲ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἐβαρυώπησαν ἀπὸ () τοῦ () γήρους, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠδύνατο () βλέπειν· () καὶ () ἤγγισεν () αὐτοὺς () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἐφίλησεν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () περιέλαβεν αὐτούς. ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπεν Ισραηλ () πρὸς () Ιωσηφ () Ἰδοὺ () τοῦ () προσώπου () σου () οὐκ () ἐστερήθην, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἔδειξέν μοι () ὁ () θεὸς () καὶ () τὸ () σπέρμα () σου. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐξήγαγεν () Ιωσηφ () αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () τῶν () γονάτων () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () προσεκύνησαν () αὐτῷ () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[13] Λαβὼν () δὲ () Ιωσηφ () τοὺς () δύο () υἱοὺς () αὐτοῦ, () τόν () τε () Εφραιμ () ἐν () τῇ () δεξιᾷ () ἐξ () ἀριστερῶν () δὲ () Ισραηλ, () τὸν () δὲ () Μανασση () ἐν () τῇ () ἀριστερᾷ () ἐκ () δεξιῶν () δὲ () Ισραηλ, () ἤγγισεν () αὐτοὺς () αὐτῷ. ()
[14] Ἐκτείνας () δὲ () Ισραηλ () τὴν () χεῖρα () τὴν () δεξιὰν () ἐπέβαλεν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () Εφραιμ ()—οὗτος () δὲ () ἦν () ὁ () νεώτερος ()—καὶ () τὴν () ἀριστερὰν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () Μανασση, () ἐναλλὰξ τὰς () χεῖρας. ()
[15] Καὶ () ηὐλόγησεν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () εἶπεν Ὁ () θεός, () ᾧ () εὐηρέστησαν () οἱ () πατέρες () μου () ἐναντίον () αὐτοῦ () Αβρααμ () καὶ () Ισαακ, () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () τρέφων () με () ἐκ () νεότητος () ἕως () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ταύτης, ()
[16] ὁ () ἄγγελος () ὁ () ῥυόμενός () με () ἐκ () πάντων () τῶν () κακῶν () εὐλογήσαι () τὰ () παιδία () ταῦτα, () καὶ () ἐπικληθήσεται ἐν () αὐτοῖς () τὸ () ὄνομά () μου () καὶ () τὸ () ὄνομα () τῶν () πατέρων () μου () Αβρααμ () καὶ () Ισαακ, () καὶ () πληθυνθείησαν () εἰς () πλῆθος () πολὺ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[17] Ἰδὼν () δὲ () Ιωσηφ () ὅτι () ἐπέβαλεν () ὁ () πατὴρ () τὴν () δεξιὰν () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () Εφραιμ, () βαρὺ () αὐτῷ () κατεφάνη, καὶ () ἀντελάβετο () Ιωσηφ () τῆς () χειρὸς () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἀφελεῖν () αὐτὴν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () Εφραιμ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () Μανασση. ()
[18] Εἶπεν δὲ () Ιωσηφ () τῷ () πατρὶ () αὐτοῦ () Οὐχ () οὕτως, () πάτερ· () οὗτος () γὰρ () ὁ () πρωτότοκος· () ἐπίθες () τὴν () δεξιάν () σου () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[19] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησεν, () ἀλλὰ () εἶπεν Οἶδα, () τέκνον, () οἶδα· () καὶ () οὗτος () ἔσται () εἰς () λαόν, () καὶ () οὗτος () ὑψωθήσεται, () ἀλλὰ () ὁ () ἀδελφὸς () αὐτοῦ () ὁ () νεώτερος () μείζων () αὐτοῦ () ἔσται, () καὶ () τὸ () σπέρμα () αὐτοῦ () ἔσται () εἰς () πλῆθος () ἐθνῶν. ()
[20] Καὶ () εὐλόγησεν () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () λέγων () Ἐν () ὑμῖν () εὐλογηθήσεται () Ισραηλ () λέγοντες () Ποιήσαι () σε () ὁ () θεὸς () ὡς () Εφραιμ () καὶ () ὡς () Μανασση· () καὶ () ἔθηκεν () τὸν () Εφραιμ () ἔμπροσθεν () τοῦ () Μανασση. () —
[21] εἶπεν δὲ () Ισραηλ () τῷ () Ιωσηφ () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἀποθνῄσκω, () καὶ () ἔσται () ὁ () θεὸς () μεθ’ () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἀποστρέψει () ὑμᾶς () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () τῶν () πατέρων () ὑμῶν· ()
[22] ἐγὼ () δὲ () δίδωμί () σοι () Σικιμα ἐξαίρετον ὑπὲρ () τοὺς () ἀδελφούς () σου, () ἣν () ἔλαβον () ἐκ () χειρὸς () Αμορραίων ἐν () μαχαίρᾳ () μου () καὶ () τόξῳ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.