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Genesis 47:27-48:10
New International Version
Genesis 47:27-48:10
New International Version
27 Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen.(A) They acquired property there(B) and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.(C)
28 Jacob lived in Egypt(D) seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.(E) 29 When the time drew near for Israel(F) to die,(G) he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes,(H) put your hand under my thigh(I) and promise that you will show me kindness(J) and faithfulness.(K) Do not bury me in Egypt, 30 but when I rest with my fathers,(L) carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.”(M)
“I will do as you say,” he said.
31 “Swear to me,”(N) he said. Then Joseph swore to him,(O) and Israel(P) worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.[a](Q)
Manasseh and Ephraim
48 Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim(R) along with him. 2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel(S) rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.
3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[b](T) appeared to me at Luz(U) in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me(V) 4 and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.(W) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land(X) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’(Y)
5 “Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt(Z) before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine,(AA) just as Reuben(AB) and Simeon(AC) are mine. 6 Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers. 7 As I was returning from Paddan,[c](AD) to my sorrow(AE) Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).(AF)
8 When Israel(AG) saw the sons of Joseph,(AH) he asked, “Who are these?”
9 “They are the sons God has given me here,”(AI) Joseph said to his father.
Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless(AJ) them.”
10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see.(AK) So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them(AL) and embraced them.(AM)
Footnotes
- Genesis 47:31 Or Israel bowed down at the head of his bed
- Genesis 48:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
- Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
Genesis 47:27-48:10
King James Version
Genesis 47:27-48:10
King James Version
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
48 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.
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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.
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.
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.
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.
8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
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.
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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