1 这些事以后， 有人对约瑟说： "你的父亲病了。"约瑟就带着两个儿子玛拿西和以法莲同去。 2 有人告诉雅各， 说： "你的儿子约瑟到你这里来了。"以色列就勉强在床上坐起来。 3 雅各对约瑟说： "全能的 神曾经在迦南地的路斯向我显现， 赐福给我， 4 对我说： ‘我必使你繁殖增多， 成为一大族； 我必把这地赐给你的后裔， 作永远的产业。’ 5 我未到埃及见你之前， 你在埃及地生了两个儿子， 现在他们算是我的； 以法莲和玛拿西是我的， 好像流本和西缅是我的一样。 6 你在他们以后所生的子孙， 都是你的； 不过， 在继承产业的事上， 他们可以归在他们哥哥的名下。 7 至于我， 我从巴旦回来的时候， 在迦南地的路上， 那里到以法他还有一段路程， 拉结就死在我身边； 我在那里把她埋葬在以法他的路旁。以法他就是伯利恒。" 8 以色列看见约瑟的儿子， 就问： "他们是谁？" 9 约瑟回答父亲： "他们是我的儿子， 是 神在这里赐给我的。"以色列说： "把他们领到我这里来， 我要给他们祝福。" 10 以色列因为年老， 眼睛昏花， 看不清楚。约瑟领他们到他跟前去， 他就与他们亲嘴， 拥抱他们。 11 以色列对约瑟说： "我想不到可以看见你的面， 现在 神竟使我见到你的后裔。" 12 约瑟把两个儿子从以色列膝上抱下来， 自己脸伏在地下拜。 13 约瑟领着他们两个到以色列的跟前， 以法莲在约瑟的右边对着以色列的左边； 玛拿西在约瑟的左边对着以色列的右边。 14 但是， 以色列两手交叉， 右手按在次子以法莲的头上， 左手按在长子玛拿西的头上。 15 要祝福约瑟， 说： "愿我祖亚伯拉罕和以撒所侍候的 神， 一生牧养我直到今日的 神， 16 那救我脱离一切祸患的使者， 赐福给这两个童子。愿我的名， 我祖亚伯拉罕和以撒的名， 借着他们得以流传； 愿他们在地上生养众多。" 17 约瑟见他父亲把右手按在以法莲的头上， 心里就不高兴， 于是拿住他父亲的手， 要从以法莲的头上移到玛拿西的头上。 18 约瑟对他父亲说： "爸爸啊， 不是这样， 这个才是长子， 请你把右手按在他的头上。" 19 他父亲却不肯， 说： "我知道， 我儿啊， 我知道， 他也要成为一族， 也要强大； 只是他弟弟比他还要强大， 他的后裔要成为多族。" 20 那一天， 以色列给他们祝福， 说： "以色列人要用你的名祝福人， 说： ‘愿 神使你像以法莲和玛拿西一样。’"于是， 以色列立以法莲在玛拿西之上。 21 以色列又对约瑟说： "看哪， 我快要死了， 但是 神必与你们同在， 必领你们回到你们祖先的土地去。 22 现在我把从前用刀和弓， 从亚摩利人手中夺过来的那块山地赐给你， 使你比众兄弟多得一份。"

1 And it cometh to pass, after these things, that [one] saith to Joseph, `Lo, thy father is sick;` and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.2 And [one] declareth to Jacob, and saith, `Lo, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee;` and Israel doth strengthen himself, and sit upon the bed.3 And Jacob saith unto Joseph, `God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,4 and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during.5 `And now, thy two sons, who are born to thee in the land of Egypt, before my coming unto thee to Egypt, mine they [are]; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon they are mine;6 and thy family which thou hast begotten after them are thine; by the name of their brethren they are called in their inheritance.7 `And I -- in my coming in from Padan-[Aram] Rachel hath died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a kibrath of land to enter Ephrata, and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata, which [is] Bethlehem.`8 And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, `Who [are] these?`9 and Joseph saith unto his father, `They [are] my sons, whom God hath given to me in this [place];` and he saith, `Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I bless them.`10 And the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age, he is unable to see; and he bringeth them nigh unto him, and he kisseth them, and cleaveth to them;11 and Israel saith unto Joseph, `To see thy face I had not thought, and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.`12 And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;13 and Joseph taketh them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel`s left, and Manasseh in his left towards Israel`s right, and bringeth [them] nigh to him.14 And Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth [it] upon the head of Ephraim, who [is] the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh [is] the first-born.15 And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, `God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:16 the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.`17 And Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh;18 and Joseph saith unto his father, `Not so, my father, for this [is] the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.`19 And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;`20 and he blesseth them in that day, saying, `By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;` and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh.21 And Israel saith unto Joseph, `Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers;22 and I -- I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.`