{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Genesis",
 "chapter": 48,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?"
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "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,"
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head."
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 21,
   "t": "And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers."
  },
  {
   "v": 22,
   "t": "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."
  }
 ],
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