Genesis 48 KJV

¹And 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. Ephraim Joseph Manasseh

²And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. Joseph Jacob

³And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, Joseph Jacob Canaan God Bethel (of Palestine) Canaan Luz

⁴And 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. Canaan

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. Ephraim Manasseh Reuben Simeon Egypt

⁶And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, [and] shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

⁷And 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] Beth-lehem. Canaan Rachel Canaan Bethlehem Ephrath Paddan Paddan-aram

⁸And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who [are] these? Joseph Jacob

⁹And 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. Joseph God Egypt

¹⁰Now 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. Joseph Jacob

¹¹And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. Joseph Jacob God

¹²And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. Joseph

¹³And 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. Ephraim Joseph Manasseh Jacob

¹⁴And 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. Ephraim Manasseh Jacob

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, Joseph God Abraham Isaac

¹⁶The 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. Abraham Isaac

¹⁷And 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. Ephraim Joseph Manasseh

¹⁸And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this [is] the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. Joseph

¹⁹And 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.

²⁰And 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. Ephraim Manasseh Jacob God

²¹And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. Joseph Jacob God Canaan

²²Moreover 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. Amorites