Genesis 48

1 After these things were done, it was reported to Joseph that his father was sick. And taking his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim, he went directly to him.

and to be after [the] word: thing [the] these and to say to/for Joseph behold father your be weak: ill and to take: take [obj] two son: child his with him [obj] Manasseh and [obj] Ephraim

2 And it was told to the old man, “Behold, your son Joseph is coming to you.” And being strengthened, he sat up in bed.

and to tell to/for Jacob and to say behold son: child your Joseph to come (in): come to(wards) you and to strengthen: strengthen Israel and to dwell upon [the] bed

3 And when he had entered to him, he said: “Almighty God appeared to me at Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me.

and to say Jacob to(wards) Joseph God Almighty to see: see to(wards) me in/on/with Luz in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan and to bless [obj] me

4 And he said: ‘I will increase and multiply you, and I will make you influential among the people. And I will give this land to you, and to your offspring after you, as an everlasting possession.’

and to say to(wards) me look! I be fruitful you and to multiply you and to give: make you to/for assembly people and to give: give [obj] [the] land: country/planet [the] this to/for seed: children your after you possession forever: enduring

5 Therefore, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came here to you, will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be treated by me just like Reuben and Simeon.

and now two son: child your [the] to beget to/for you in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt till to come (in): come I to(wards) you Egypt [to] to/for me they(masc.) Ephraim and Manasseh like/as Reuben and Simeon to be to/for me

6 But the remainder, whom you will conceive after them, will be yours, and they will be called by the name of their brothers among their possessions.

and relatives your which to beget after them to/for you to be upon name brother: male-sibling their to call: call by in/on/with inheritance their

7 As for me, when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the very journey, and it was springtime. And I entered Ephrath and buried her next to the way of Ephrath, which by another name is called Bethlehem.”

and I in/on/with to come (in): come I from Paddan to die upon me Rachel in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan in/on/with way: journey in/on/with still distance land: country/planet to/for to come (in): come Ephrath and to bury her there in/on/with way: journey Ephrath he/she/it Bethlehem Bethlehem

8 Then, seeing his sons, he said to him: “Who are these?”

and to see: see Israel [obj] son: child Joseph and to say who? these

9 He responded, “They are my sons, whom God gave to me as a gift in this place.” “Bring them to me,” he said, “so that I may bless them.”

and to say Joseph to(wards) father his son: child my they(masc.) which to give: give to/for me God in/on/with this and to say to take: bring them please to(wards) me and to bless them

10 For Israel’s eyes were clouded by reason of his great age, and he was unable to see clearly. And when they were placed up against him, he kissed and embraced them.

and eye Israel to honor: dull from old age not be able to/for to see: see and to approach: bring [obj] them to(wards) him and to kiss to/for them and to embrace to/for them

11 And he said to his son: “I have not been cheated out of seeing you. Moreover, God has shown me your offspring.”

and to say Israel to(wards) Joseph to see: see face your not to pray and behold to see: see [obj] me God also [obj] seed: children your

12 And when Joseph had taken them from his father’s lap, he reverenced prone on the ground.

and to come out: send Joseph [obj] them from from with knee his and to bow to/for face his land: soil [to]

13 And he placed Ephraim on his right, that is, towards the left hand of Israel. Yet truly Manasseh was on his left, namely, towards his father’s right hand. And he placed them both up against him.

and to take: take Joseph [obj] two their [obj] Ephraim in/on/with right his from left Israel and [obj] Manasseh in/on/with left his from right Israel and to approach: bring to(wards) him

14 And he, extending his right hand, placed it over the head of Ephraim, the younger brother, but the left hand was on the head of Manasseh, who was the elder, so that his hands were crossed.

and to send: reach Israel [obj] right his and to set: put upon head Ephraim and he/she/it [the] little and [obj] left his upon head Manasseh to cross hands [obj] hand his for Manasseh [the] firstborn

15 And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and he said: “God, in whose sight my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, walked; God, who pastured me from my youth until the present day;

and to bless [obj] Joseph and to say [the] God which to go: walk father my to/for face: before his Abraham and Isaac [the] God [the] to pasture [obj] me from still my till [the] day: today [the] this

16 the Angel, who rescues me from all evils: bless these boys. And let my name be invoked over them, and also the names of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. And may they increase into a multitude across the earth.”

[the] messenger: angel [the] to redeem: redeem [obj] me from all bad: evil to bless [obj] [the] youth and to call: call by in/on/with them name my and name father my Abraham and Isaac and to multiply to/for abundance in/on/with entrails: among [the] land: country/planet

17 But Joseph, seeing that his father had placed his right hand over the head of Ephraim, took it gravely. And grasping his father’s hand, he tried to lift it from Ephraim’s head and transfer it onto the head of Manasseh.

and to see: see Joseph for to set: put father his hand right his upon head Ephraim and be evil in/on/with eye: appearance his and to grasp hand father his to/for to turn aside: remove [obj] her from upon head Ephraim upon head Manasseh

18 And he said to his father: “It should not have come to pass this way, father. For this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand over his head.”

and to say Joseph to(wards) father his not so father my for this [the] firstborn to set: put right your upon head his

19 But refusing, he said: “I know, my son, I know. And this one, indeed, will be among the people and will be multiplied. But his younger brother will be greater than he. And his offspring will increase among the nations.”

and to refuse father his and to say to know son: child my to know also he/she/it to be to/for people and also he/she/it to magnify and but brother: male-sibling his [the] small: young to magnify from him and seed: children his to be fullness [the] nation

20 And he blessed them at that time, saying: “In you, Israel will be blessed, and it will be said: ‘May God treat you like Ephraim, and like Manasseh.’” And he established Ephraim before Manasseh.

and to bless them in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to say in/on/with you to bless Israel to/for to say to set: make you God like/as Ephraim and like/as Manasseh and to set: put [obj] Ephraim to/for face: before Manasseh

21 And he said to his son Joseph: “See, I am dying, and God will be with you, and he will lead you back to the land of your fathers.

and to say Israel to(wards) Joseph behold I to die and to be God with you and to return: again [obj] you to(wards) land: country/planet father your

22 I give you one part beyond that of your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

and I to give: give to/for you shoulder one upon brother: male-sibling your which to take: take from hand: power [the] Amorite in/on/with sword my and in/on/with bow my