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Genesis 48

Israel's Last Days

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Now it cameh1961 about afterh310 theseh428 thingsh1697 that  1Josephh3130 was toldh559, "Beholdh2009, your fatherh1 is sickh2470a." So he tookh3947 his twoh8147 sonsh1121  aManassehh4519 and Ephraimh669 with him.

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When  1it was toldh5046 to Jacobh3290, "Beholdh2009, your sonh1121 Josephh3130 has comeh935 to you," Israelh3478  2collectedh2388 his strengthh2388 and sath3427  3up in the bedh4296.

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Then Jacobh3290 saidh559 to Josephh3130, " 1 aGodh410 Almightyh7706b appearedh7200 to me at  bLuzh3870 in the landh776 of Canaanh3667a and blessedh1288 me,

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and He saidh559 to me, `Beholdh2009, I will makeh6509 you fruitfulh6509 and numeroush7235a, and I will makeh5414 you a companyh6951 of peoplesh5971a, and will giveh5414 thish2088 landh776 to your  1descendantsh2233 afterh310 you for  aan everlastingh5769 possessionh272.'

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"Nowh6258 your twoh8147 sonsh1121, who were bornh3205 to you in the landh776 of Egypth4714 beforeh5704 I cameh935 to you in Egypth4714, are mine;  aEphraimh669 and Manassehh4519 shall be mine, as  bReubenh7205 and Simeonh8095 are.

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"But your offspringh4138 that  1have been bornh3205 afterh310 them shall be yours; they shall be calledh7121 by the  2namesh8034 of their brothersh251 in their inheritanceh5159.

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"Now as for me, when I cameh935 from  aPaddanh6307,  bRachelh7354 diedh4191,  1to my sorrowh5921, in the landh776 of Canaanh3667a on the journeyh1870, when there was stillh5750 someh3530 distanceh3530h776 to goh935 to Ephrathh672; and I buriedh6912 her thereh8033 on the wayh1870 to Ephrathh672 (that is, Bethlehemh1035)."

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When Israelh3478  asawh7200 Joseph'sh3130 sonsh1121, he saidh559, "Whoh4310 are theseh428?"

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Josephh3130 saidh559 to his fatherh1, " aThey are my sonsh1121, whomh834 Godh430 has givenh5414 me hereh2088." So he saidh559, "Bringh3947 them to me, pleaseh4994, that  bI may blessh1288 them."

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Now  athe eyesh5869 of Israelh3478 were so dimh3513 from ageh2207 that he couldh3201 not seeh7200. Then  1Joseph broughth5066 them closeh5066 to him, and he  bkissedh5401a them and embracedh2263 them.

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Israelh3478 saidh559 to Josephh3130, "I neverh3808  1expectedh6419 to seeh7200 your faceh6440, and beholdh2009, Godh430 has let me seeh7200 your  2childrenh2233 as wellh1571."

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Then Josephh3130  1tookh3318 them from his kneesh1290, and  abowedh7812 with his faceh639 to the groundh776.

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Josephh3130 tookh3947 them bothh8147, Ephraimh669 with his righth3225 handh3225 towardh4480 Israel'sh3478 lefth8040, and Manassehh4519 with his lefth8040 handh8040 towardh4480 Israel'sh3478 righth3225, and broughth5066 them closeh5066 to him.

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But Israelh3478 stretchedh7971 out his righth3225 handh3225 and laidh7896 it on the headh7218 of Ephraimh669, whoh1931 was the youngerh6810, and his lefth8040 handh8040 on Manasseh'sh4519 headh7218,  1crossingh7919b his handsh3027,  2althoughh3588  aManassehh4519 was the firstbornh1060.

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He blessedh1288 Josephh3130, and saidh559, " aThe Godh430 beforeh6440 whomh834 my fathersh1 Abrahamh85 and Isaach3327 walkedh1980,  bThe Godh430 who has been my shepherdh7462a  1allh4480h5750 my lifeh5750 to thish2088 dayh3117,

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 aThe angelh4397 who has redeemedh1350 me from allh3605 evilh7451b,  bBlessh1288 the ladsh5288; And may my nameh8034  1liveh7121 on in them, And the  2namesh8034 of my fathersh1 Abrahamh85 and Isaach3327; And  cmay they growh1711 into a multitudeh7230 in the midsth7130 of the earthh776."

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When Josephh3130 sawh7200 that his fatherh1  alaidh7896 his righth3225 handh3027 on Ephraim'sh669 headh7218, it displeasedh7489a him; and he graspedh8551 his father'sh1 handh3027 to removeh5493 it from Ephraim'sh669 headh7218 to Manasseh'sh4519 headh7218.

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Josephh3130 saidh559 to his fatherh1, "Not soh3651, my fatherh1, for thish2088 oneh2088 is the firstbornh1060. Placeh7760 your righth3225 handh3225 on his headh7218."

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But his fatherh1 refusedh3985 and saidh559, "I knowh3045, my sonh1121, I knowh3045; he alsoh1571 will becomeh1961 a peopleh5971a and he alsoh1571 will be greath1431. Howeverh199, his youngerh6996b brotherh251 shall be greaterh1431 thanh4480 he, and  ahis  1descendantsh2233 shall becomeh1961 a  2multitudeh4393 of nationsh1471."

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 aHe blessedh1288 them that dayh3117, sayingh559, "By you Israelh3478 will pronounceh1288 blessingh1288, sayingh559, `May Godh430 makeh7760 you like Ephraimh669 and Manassehh4519!' " Thus he puth7760 Ephraimh669 beforeh6440 Manassehh4519.

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Then Israelh3478 saidh559 to Josephh3130, "Beholdh2009, I am about to dieh4191, but  aGodh430 will be with you, and  bbringh7725 you backh7725 to the landh776 of your fathersh1.

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"I giveh5414 you oneh259  1portionh7926 moreh5921 thanh5921 your brothersh251,  awhichh834 I tookh3947 from the handh3027 of the Amoriteh567 with my swordh2719 and my bowh7198."



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