1Danach wurde Josef gesagt: Siehe, dein Vater ist krank. Und er nahm mit sich seine beiden Söhne Manasse und Ephraim.2Da wurde Jakob angesagt: Siehe, dein Sohn Josef kommt zu dir. Und Israel machte sich stark und setzte sich auf im Bett3und sprach zu Josef: Der allmächtige Gott erschien mir zu Lus im Lande Kanaan und segnete mich (1Mo 17,1; 1Mo 28,12; 2Mo 6,2)4und sprach zu mir: Siehe, ich will dich wachsen lassen und mehren und will dich zu einer Menge von Völkern machen und will dies Land zu eigen geben deinen Nachkommen für alle Zeit. (1Mo 17,8; 1Mo 35,11)5So sollen nun deine beiden Söhne Ephraim und Manasse, die dir geboren sind in Ägyptenland, ehe ich hergekommen bin zu dir, mein sein. Ephraim und Manasse sollen für mich sein wie Ruben und Simeon. (1Mo 41,50)6Die Nachkommen aber, die du nach ihnen zeugst, sollen dein sein und genannt werden nach dem Namen ihrer Brüder in deren Erbteil.7Und als ich aus Mesopotamien kam, starb mir Rahel im Land Kanaan auf der Reise, als es nur noch eine kleine Strecke Weges war bis Efrata, und ich begrub sie dort an dem Wege nach Efrata, das nun Bethlehem heißt. (1Mo 35,19)8Und Israel sah die Söhne Josefs und sprach: Wer sind die?9Josef antwortete seinem Vater: Es sind meine Söhne, die mir Gott hier gegeben hat. Er sprach: Bringe sie her zu mir, dass ich sie segne.10Denn die Augen Israels waren schwach geworden vor Alter, und er konnte nicht mehr sehen. Und er ließ sie herzutreten und küsste und herzte sie.11Und Israel sprach zu Josef: Siehe, ich habe dein Angesicht gesehen, was ich nicht gedacht hätte, und siehe, Gott hat mich auch deine Söhne sehen lassen. (1Mo 37,33; 1Mo 37,35; 1Mo 45,26; Ps 128,6)12Und Josef nahm sie von seinem Schoß und verneigte sich vor ihm zur Erde.13Dann nahm sie Josef beide, Ephraim an seine rechte Hand gegenüber Israels linker Hand und Manasse an seine linke Hand gegenüber Israels rechter Hand, und brachte sie zu ihm.14Aber Israel streckte seine rechte Hand aus und legte sie auf Ephraims, des Jüngeren, Haupt und seine linke auf Manasses Haupt und kreuzte seine Arme, obwohl Manasse der Erstgeborene war.15Und er segnete Josef und sprach: Der Gott, vor dem meine Väter Abraham und Isaak gewandelt sind, der Gott, der mein Hirte gewesen ist mein Leben lang bis auf diesen Tag, (1Mo 32,10; Ps 23,1)16der Engel, der mich erlöst hat von allem Übel, der segne die Knaben, dass durch sie mein und meiner Väter Abraham und Isaak Name fortlebe, dass sie wachsen und viel werden auf Erden. (1Mo 32,25; Jes 41,14)17Als aber Josef sah, dass sein Vater die rechte Hand auf Ephraims Haupt legte, missfiel es ihm, und er fasste seines Vaters Hand, dass er sie von Ephraims Haupt auf Manasses Haupt wendete,18und sprach zu ihm: Nicht so, mein Vater, dieser ist der Erstgeborene; lege deine rechte Hand auf sein Haupt.19Aber sein Vater weigerte sich und sprach: Ich weiß wohl, mein Sohn, ich weiß wohl. Dieser soll auch ein Volk werden und wird groß sein, aber sein jüngerer Bruder wird größer als er werden, und sein Geschlecht wird eine Menge von Völkern werden. (4Mo 1,33; 4Mo 1,35; 5Mo 33,17)20So segnete er sie an jenem Tage und sprach: Wer in Israel jemanden segnen will, der sage: Gott mache dich wie Ephraim und Manasse! Und so setzte er Ephraim vor Manasse. (Hebr 11,21)21Und Israel sprach zu Josef: Siehe, ich sterbe; aber Gott wird mit euch sein und wird euch zurückbringen in das Land eurer Väter.22Ich gebe dir Sichem als Vorzug vor deinen Brüdern, das ich mit meinem Schwert und Bogen aus der Hand der Amoriter genommen habe. (1Mo 34,1; Jos 24,30)
1After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.2And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.3And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[1] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, (1Mo 17,1; 1Mo 28,13; 1Mo 28,19; 1Mo 35,6; 1Mo 35,9)4and 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.’ (1Mo 17,8)5And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. (1Mo 41,50; 1Mo 46,20; Jos 13,7; Jos 14,4; Jos 17,17)6And the children that you fathered after them shall be yours. They shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.7As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance[2] to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).” (1Mo 35,9)8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?”9Joseph 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.” (1Mo 27,4; 1Mo 33,5; 1Mo 49,25; Hebr 11,21)10Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them. (1Mo 27,1; 1Mo 27,27)11And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.” (1Mo 37,33; 1Mo 45,26)12Then Joseph removed them from his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.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 him.14And 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). (1Mo 48,17; 1Mo 48,19)15And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day, (1Mo 17,1; 1Mo 24,40)16the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude[3] in the midst of the earth.” (1Mo 28,15; 1Mo 31,11; 1Mo 31,13; 1Mo 31,24; 2Mo 23,20; 4Mo 26,34; 4Mo 26,37; 2Sam 4,9; Ps 34,22; Ps 121,7; Jes 44,22; Jes 49,7; Jes 63,9; Am 9,12; Apg 15,17)17When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. (1Mo 48,14)18And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”19But 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[4] of nations.” (1Mo 48,17; 4Mo 1,33; 4Mo 1,35; 4Mo 2,19; 4Mo 2,21; 5Mo 33,17)20So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. (Rut 4,11)21Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers. (1Mo 46,4; 1Mo 50,24)22Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope[5] that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.” (Jos 24,32; Joh 4,5)
1.Mose 48
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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.2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,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.5And 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.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 Bethlehem.8And Israel beheld Joseph' sons, and said, Who are these?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.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.11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel' left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel' right hand, and brought them near unto him.14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim' head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh' head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.15And 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,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.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' hand, to remove it from Ephraim' head unto Manasseh' head.18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.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.21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.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.
1Some time later Joseph was told, ‘Your father is ill.’ So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.2Jacob was told, ‘Your son Joseph has come to you.’ So Israel became stronger and sat up in bed.3Jacob said to Joseph, ‘The Mighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan. He blessed me there.4He said to me, “I am going to give you children. I will make your family very large. I will make you a community of nations. And I will give this land to your children after you. It will belong to them for ever.”5‘Now then, two sons were born to you in Egypt. It happened before I came to you here. They will be counted as my own sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will belong to me, in the same way that Reuben and Simeon belong to me.6Any children born to you after them will belong to you. Any territory they receive will come from the land that will be given to Ephraim and Manasseh.7As I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died. It made me very sad. She died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way. We weren’t very far away from Ephrath. So I buried her body there beside the road to Ephrath.’ Ephrath was also called Bethlehem.8Israel saw Joseph’s sons. He asked, ‘Who are they?’9‘They are the sons God has given me here,’ Joseph said to his father. Then Israel said, ‘Bring them to me. I want to give them my blessing.’10Israel’s eyes were weak because he was old. He couldn’t see very well. So Joseph brought his sons close to him. His father kissed them and hugged them.11Israel said to Joseph, ‘I never thought I’d see your face again. But now God has let me see your children too.’12Then Joseph lifted his sons off Israel’s knees. Joseph bowed down with his face to the ground.13He placed Ephraim on his right, towards Israel’s left hand. He placed Manasseh on his left, towards Israel’s right hand. Then he brought them close to Israel.14But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head. He did it even though Ephraim was the younger son. He crossed his arms and put his left hand on Manasseh’s head. He did it even though Manasseh was the older son.15Then Israel gave Joseph his blessing. He said, ‘May God bless these boys. He is the God of my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac. They walked faithfully with him. He is the God who has been my shepherd all my life right up to this day.16He is the Angel who has saved me from all harm. May he bless these boys. May they be called by my name. May they also be called by the names of my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac. And may the number of them greatly increase on the earth.’17Joseph saw his father putting his right hand on Ephraim’s head. And Joseph didn’t like it. So he took hold of his father’s hand to move it over to Manasseh’s head.18Joseph said to him, ‘No, my father. Here’s my older son. Put your right hand on his head.’19But his father wouldn’t do it. He said, ‘I know, my son. I know. He too will become a nation. He too will become great. But his younger brother will be greater than he is. His children after him will become a group of nations.’20On that day, Jacob gave them his blessing. He said, ‘The people of Israel will bless others in your name. They will say, “May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.” ’ So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.21Then Israel said to Joseph, ‘I’m about to die. But God will be with all of you. He’ll take you back to the land of your fathers.22But to you, Joseph, I am giving more land than your brothers. I’m giving you the land I took from the Amorites. I took it with my sword and bow.’
1Some time later Joseph was told, ‘Your father is ill.’ So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.2When Jacob was told, ‘Your son Joseph has come to you,’ Israel rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.3Jacob said to Joseph, ‘God Almighty[1] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me4and said to me, “I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.”5‘Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.6Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers.7As I was returning from Paddan,[2] to my sorrow 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).8When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, ‘Who are these?’9‘They are the sons God has given me here,’ Joseph said to his father. Then Israel said, ‘Bring them to me so that I may bless them.’10Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.11Israel said to Joseph, ‘I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.’12Then Joseph removed them from Israel’s knees and bowed down with his face to the ground.13And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right towards Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left towards Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.14But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.15Then he blessed Joseph and said, ‘May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,16the Angel who has delivered me from all harm – may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.’17When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.18Joseph said to him, ‘No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.’19But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.’20He blessed them that day and said, ‘In your[3] name will Israel pronounce this blessing: “May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.” ’ So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.21Then Israel said to Joseph, ‘I am about to die, but God will be with you[4] and take you[5] back to the land of your[6] fathers.22And to you I give one more ridge of land[7] than to your brothers, the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.’