The Old Testament
| Book | Chapter | Verse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 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. | |
| Genesis | 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. | |
| Genesis | 48 | (11) And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not ought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shown me also thy seed. | |
| Genesis | 48 | (12) And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. | |
| Genesis | 48 | (13) And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Maasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. | |
| Genesis | 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. | |
| Genesis | 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, | |
| Genesis | 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. | |
| Genesis | 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. | |
| Genesis | 48 | (18) And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. | |
| Genesis | 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. | |
| Genesis | 48 | (20) 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. | |
| Genesis | 48 | (21) And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. | |
| Genesis | 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. | |
| Genesis | 49 | (1) AND JACOB called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. | |
| Genesis | 49 | (2) Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. | |
| Genesis | 49 | (3) Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: | |
| Genesis | 49 | (4) Unstable as water, thou shall not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it; he went up to my couch. | |
| Genesis | 49 | (5) Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. | |
| Genesis | 49 | (6) O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. | |