Genesis 48
Magandang Balita Biblia
Binasbasan ni Jacob sina Efraim at Manases
48 Nabalitaan ni Jose na may sakit ang kanyang ama, kaya't isinama niya ang dalawang anak na lalaki, sina Manases at Efraim, at dinalaw ang matanda. 2 Nang sabihin kay Jacob na dumating si Jose, nagpilit siyang bumangon at naupo sa kanyang higaan. 3 Sinabi(A) niya kay Jose, “Nang ako'y nasa Luz, nagpakita sa akin ang Makapangyarihang Diyos at binasbasan ako. 4 Sinabi niya na darami ang aking mga anak at ang aking lahi ay magiging isang malaking bansa, at ibibigay niya sa kanila ang lupaing iyon habang panahon. 5 Ang dalawa mong anak na isinilang dito sa Egipto bago ako dumating ay ibibilang sa aking mga anak. Kaya, tulad nina Ruben at Simeon, sina Efraim at Manases ay magiging tagapagmana ko rin. 6 Ngunit ang susunod mong mga anak ay mananatiling iyo at ibibilang na lamang sa lipi ng dalawa nilang kapatid. 7 Ipinasiya(B) ko ito alang-alang kay Raquel na iyong ina. Nang pabalik ako buhat sa Mesopotamia, namatay siya sa Canaan, malapit sa Efrata. At dinamdam ko nang labis ang kanyang pagpanaw. Doon ko na siya inilibing.” (Ang Efrata ay tinatawag ngayong Bethlehem.)
8 Nang makita ni Israel ang mga anak ni Jose, tinanong ito, “Ito ba ang iyong mga anak?”
9 “Opo! Sila po ang ipinagkaloob sa akin ng Diyos dito sa Egipto,” tugon niya.
Sinabi ni Israel, “Ilapit mo sila sa akin at babasbasan ko.” 10 Halos hindi na makakita noon si Israel dahil sa kanyang katandaan. Inilapit nga ni Jose ang mga bata at sila'y niyakap at hinagkan ng matanda. 11 Sinabi ni Jacob kay Jose, “Wala na akong pag-asa noon na makikita pa kita. Ngayon, nakita ko pati iyong mga anak.”
12 Inalis ni Jose ang mga bata sa kandungan ni Israel at yumuko siya sa harapan nito.
13 Pagkatapos, inilapit niya sa matanda ang dalawang bata, si Efraim sa gawing kaliwa at si Manases sa gawing kanan nito. 14 Ngunit pinagkurus ni Israel ang kanyang kamay at ipinatong ang kanan sa ulo ng nakababatang si Efraim at ang kaliwa sa ulo ni Manases. 15 At sila'y binasbasan,
“Pagpalain nawa kayo at palaging subaybayan,
ng Diyos na pinaglingkuran ni Isaac at ni Abraham;
ng Diyos na sa aki'y nangalaga't pumatnubay,
simula sa pagkabata't magpahanggang ngayon man.
16 At pati na ang anghel na sa akin ay nagligtas,
pagpalain nawa kayo, tanggapin ang kanyang basbas;
maingatan nawa ninyo at taglayin oras-oras
ang ngalan ko, at ang ngalan ni Abraham at ni Isaac.
Nawa kayo ay lumago, dumami at lumaganap.”
17 Nang makita ni Jose ang ginawa ng kanyang ama, minasama niya iyon kaya't hinawakan niya ang kanang kamay nito upang ilipat sa ulo ni Manases. 18 Wika niya, “Ito po ang matanda, ama. Sa kanya ninyo ipatong ang inyong kanang kamay.”
19 Ngunit sinabi ni Jacob, “Alam ko iyan, anak, alam ko. Alam kong magiging dakila si Manases, pati ang kanyang mga anak, ngunit lalong magiging dakila ang nakababata niyang kapatid. Ang kanyang lahi ay magiging dakilang mga bansa.”
20 Sinabi(C) pa niya ito:
“Ang mga Israelita, sa Diyos ay hihilingin,
dahil kayo'y pinagpala, sila ma'y pagpalain din.
Sa kanilang kahilingan, ganito ang sasabihin:
‘Kayo nawa ay matulad kay Efraim at Manases.’”
Sa ganitong paraan ginawa ni Jacob na una si Efraim kay Manases.
21 Pagkatapos nito, sinabi ni Israel, “Jose, ako'y mamamatay na ngunit huwag kang mababahala. Sasamahan ka ng Diyos at kayo'y ibabalik niya sa lupain ng inyong mga ninuno. 22 Ikaw ang tanging magmamana ng Shekem na nakuha ko sa mga Amoreo sa pamamagitan ng aking tabak at pana.”
Genesis 48
World English Bible
48 After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed. 3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ 5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine. 6 Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance. 7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”
8 Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.”
He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.” 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see well. Joseph brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.” 12 Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13 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 to him. 14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn. 15 He blessed Joseph, and said,
“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
16 the angel who has 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.
Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
19 His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.” 20 He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
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