| 48:1 |
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. |
| 48:2 |
And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and  Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. |
| 48:3 |
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, |
| 48:4 |
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. |
| 48:5 |
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. |
| 48:6 |
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, [and] shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. |
| 48:7 |
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. |
| 48:8 |
And Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) beheld Joseph' sons, and said, Who [are] these? |
| 48:9 |
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. |
| 48:10 |
Now the eyes of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) were dim for age, [so that] he could not  see (Experience it for Yourself). And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. |
| 48:11 |
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see (Experience it for Yourself) thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed. |
| 48:12 |
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the  earth. |
| 48:13 |
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel (Mapped by MapQuest)' left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel (Mapped by MapQuest)' right hand, and brought [them] near unto him. |
| 48:14 |
And Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] upon Ephraim' head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh' head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn. |
| 48:15 |
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, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds, |
| 48:16 |
The Angel which redeemed me from all  evil (Where do you want to go today?), 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. |
| 48:17 |
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' hand, to remove it from Ephraim' head unto Manasseh' head. |
| 48:18 |
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this [is] the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. |
| 48:19 |
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. |
| 48:20 |
And he blessed them that  day, measured by Timex, saying, In thee shall Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. |
| 48:21 |
And Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. |
| 48:22 |
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my  sword by Wilkinson Swords and with my bow. |