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Génesis 48
Nueva Versión Internacional
Génesis 48
Nueva Versión Internacional
Bendición de Efraín y Manasés
48 Poco tiempo después informaron a José que su padre estaba enfermo. Entonces fue a visitarlo y llevó consigo a sus dos hijos, Manasés y Efraín. 2 Cuando avisaron a Jacob que su hijo venía a verlo, Israel hizo un esfuerzo, se sentó en la cama 3 y dijo a José:
—El Dios Todopoderoso se me apareció en Luz, en la tierra de Canaán, y me bendijo 4 con esta promesa: “Te haré fecundo, te multiplicaré, y haré que tus descendientes formen una comunidad de naciones. Además, a tu descendencia daré esta tierra como su posesión perpetua”.
5 Ahora bien, los dos hijos que te nacieron aquí en Egipto, antes de que me reuniera contigo, serán considerados míos. Efraín y Manasés serán tan míos como lo son Rubén y Simeón. 6 Los hijos que tengas después de ellos serán tuyos y a través de sus hermanos recibirán su herencia. 7 Cuando yo regresaba de Padán,[a] se me murió Raquel cerca de Efrata, en tierra de Canaán, y allí la sepulté junto al camino de Efrata, es decir, Belén.
8 Al ver a los hijos de José, Israel preguntó:
—Y estos chicos, ¿quiénes son?
9 —Son los hijos que Dios me ha concedido aquí —respondió José a su padre.
Entonces Israel dijo:
—Acércalos, por favor, para que les dé mi bendición.
10 Israel ya era muy anciano y por su avanzada edad casi no podía ver; por eso José los acercó y su padre los besó y abrazó. 11 Luego dijo a José:
—Ya había perdido la esperanza de volver a verte, ¡y ahora Dios me ha concedido ver también a tus hijos!
12 José los retiró de las rodillas de Israel y se postró rostro en tierra. 13 Luego tomó a sus dos hijos, a Efraín con la derecha y a Manasés con la izquierda, y se los presentó a su padre. De esta manera Efraín quedó a la izquierda de Israel y Manasés a su derecha. 14 Pero Israel, al extender las manos, las entrecruzó y puso su derecha sobre la cabeza de Efraín, aunque era el menor, y su izquierda sobre la cabeza de Manasés, aunque era el mayor.
15 Y los bendijo con estas palabras:
«Que el Dios en cuya presencia
caminaron mis padres, Abraham e Isaac,
el Dios que ha sido mi pastor
desde el día en que nací hasta hoy,
16 el ángel que me ha rescatado de todo mal,
bendiga a estos jóvenes.
Que por medio de ellos sea recordado mi nombre
y el de mis padres, Abraham e Isaac.
Que crezcan y se multipliquen
sobre la tierra».
17 A José no le agradó ver que su padre pusiera su mano derecha sobre la cabeza de Efraín, así que tomando la mano de su padre, la pasó de la cabeza de Efraín a la de Manasés, 18 mientras reclamaba:
—¡Así no, padre mío! ¡Pon tu mano derecha sobre la cabeza de este, que es el primogénito!
19 Pero su padre se resistió y contestó:
—¡Ya lo sé, hijo, ya lo sé! También él gestará a un pueblo y llegará a ser importante. Pero su hermano menor será aún más importante y su descendencia dará origen a muchas naciones.
20 Aquel día Jacob los bendijo así:
«Esta será la bendición que en Israel se habrá de pronunciar:
“Que Dios haga contigo como a Efraín y a Manasés”».
De este modo Israel dio a Efraín la primacía sobre Manasés.
21 Finalmente, Israel dijo a José:
—Yo estoy a punto de morir, pero Dios estará con ustedes y los hará volver a la tierra de sus antepasados. 22 Y a ti, que estás por encima de tus hermanos, te doy Siquén,[b] tierra que arrebaté a los amorreos con mi espada y con mi arco.
Genesis 48
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 48
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons
48 After this Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” he[a] summoned his strength and sat up in bed. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[b] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me(A) 4 and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers; I will make of you a company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you for a perpetual holding.’(B) 5 Therefore your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are now mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are.(C) 6 As for the offspring born to you after them, they shall be yours. They shall be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance. 7 For when I came from Paddan, Rachel, alas, died in the land of Canaan on the way, while there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.”(D)
8 When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?” 9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them.”(E) 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, and he could not see well. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.(F) 11 Israel said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see your face, and here God has let me see your children also.”(G) 12 Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees,[c] and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them near him. 14 But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands, for Manasseh was the firstborn.(H) 15 He blessed Joseph and said,
“The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,(I)
16 the angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys,
and in them let my name be perpetuated and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac,
and let them grow into a multitude on the earth.”(J)
17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, so he took his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.(K) 18 Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father! Since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” 19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”(L) 20 So he blessed them that day, saying,
“By you Israel will invoke blessings, saying,
‘God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.’ ”
So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh. 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your ancestors.(M) 22 I now give to you one portion[d] more than to your brothers, the portion[e] that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”(N)
Genesis 48
King James Version
Genesis 48
King James Version
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.
11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
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.
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.
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.
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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