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Genesis 48 |
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| 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. |
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| 48:2
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and
Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. |
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| 48:3
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the
land of Canaan, and blessed me, |
 (48:3) "God Almighty appeared unto me."
In what must be getting a bit old hat, God appears again to Jacob.
Can God be seen?
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 48:8
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? |
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| 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. |
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| 48:10
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. |
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| 48:11
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo,
God hath shewed me also thy seed. |
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| 48:12
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself
with his face to the earth. |
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| 48:13
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. |
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| 48:14
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. |
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| 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, |
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| 48:16
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. |
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| 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's hand, to remove it
from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. |
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| 48:18
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the
firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall
be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. |
 (48:21) "Behold, I die."
Contrary to the prophecy, Joseph died in Egypt, not Israel.
(Genesis 50:24)
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| 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 and with my bow.
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