1 And it came to pass, after these things, that one said to Joseph, “Look, your father is sick.” and he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one declared it to Jacob and said, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you.” And Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty has appeared to me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 and said to me, Look, I am making you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and given you for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to your seed after you, a continuous possession. 5 And now, your two sons, who are born to you in the land of Egypt, before my coming to you to Egypt, they are mine. Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon, they are mine. 6 And your family which you have begotten after them are yours. By the name of their brothers they wll be called in their inheritance. 7 And I—in my coming in from Padan-Aram Rachel has died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a distance of land to enter Ephrata, and I buried her there in the way of Ephrata, which is Beth-Lehem.” 8 And Israel saw the sons of Joseph and said, “Who are these?” 9 And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given to me in this place.” And he said, “Please bring them to me, and I bless them.” 10 And the eyes of Israel had been heavy from age—he was unable to see. And he brought them near to him, and he kissed them and cleaved to them. 11 And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought possible to see your face, and look, God has also showed me your seed.” 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and bowed himself on his face to the earth. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh in his left toward Israel’s right, and brought them near to him. 14 And Israel put out his right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh. He had guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh was the firstborn. 15 And he blessed Joseph and said, “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac habitually walked: God who is feeding me from my being to this day: 16 the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil blesses the youths, and my name is called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. And they increase into a multitude in the middle of the land.” 17 And Joseph saw that his father set his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it was wrong in his eyes, and he supported the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh. 18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this was the firstborn. Set your right hand on his head.” 19 And his father refused and said, “I have known, my son, I have known. He also becomes a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fullness of the nations.” 20 And he blessed them in that day, saying, “By you does Israel bless, saying, God set you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.” And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 And Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am dying, and God has been with you, and has brought you back to the land of your fathers. 22 And I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.”