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1이 일 후에 혹이 요셉에게 고하기를 네 부친이 병들었다 하므로 그가 곧 두 아들 므낫세와 에브라임과 함께 이르니 2혹이 야곱에게 고하되 네 아들 요셉이 네게 왔다 하매 이스라엘이 힘을 내어 침상에 앉아 3요셉에게 이르되 이전에 가나안 땅 루스에서 전능한 하나님이 내게 나타나 복을 허락하여 4내게 이르시되 내가 너로 생육하게 하며 번성하게 하여 네게서 많은 백성이 나게 하고 내가 이 땅을 네 후손에게 주어 영원한 기업이 되게 하리라 하셨느니라 5내가 애굽으로 와서 네게 이르기 전에 애굽에서 네게 낳은 두 아들 에브라임과 므낫세는 내 것이라 르우벤과 시므온처럼 내 것이 될 것이요 6이들 후의 네 소생이 네 것이 될 것이며 그 산업은 그 형의 명의하에서 함께 하리라 7내게 관하여는 내가 이전에 내가 밧단에서 올 때에 라헬이 나를 따르는 노중 가나안 땅에서 죽었는데 그곳은 에브랏까지 길이 오히려 격한 곳이라 내가 거기서 그를 에브랏 길에 장사 하였느니라(에브랏은 곧 베들레헴이라) 8이스라엘이 요셉의 아들들을 보고 가로되 이들은 누구냐 9요셉이 그 아비에게 고하되 이는 하나님이 여기서 내게 주신 아들들이니이다 아비가 가로되 그들을 이끌어 내 앞으로 나아오라 내가 그들에게 축복하리라 10이스라엘의 눈이 나이로 인하여 어두워서 보지 못하더라 요셉이 두 아들을 이끌어 아비 앞으로 나아가니 이스라엘이 그들에게 입맞추고 그들을 안고 11요셉에게 이르되 내가 네 얼굴을 보리라고는 뜻하지 못하였더니 하나님이 내게 네 소생까지 보이셨도다 12요셉이 아비 무릎 사이에서 두 아들을 물리고 땅에 엎드려 절하고 13우수로는 에브라임을 이스라엘의 좌수를 향하게 하고 좌수로는 므낫세를 이스라엘의 우수를 향하게 하고 이끌어 그에게 가까이 나아가매 14이스라엘이 우수를 펴서 차자 에브라임의 머리에 얹고 좌수를 펴서 므낫세의 머리에 얹으니 므낫세는 장자라도 팔을 어긋맞겨 얹었더라 15그가 요셉을 위하여 축복하여 가로되 내 조부 아브라함과 아버지 이삭의 섬기던 하나님, 나의 남으로부터 지금까지 나를 기르신 하나님, 16나를 모든 환난에서 건지신 사자께서 이 아이에게 복을 주시오며 이들로 내 이름과 내 조부 아브라함과 아버지 이삭의 이름으로 칭하게 하시오며 이들로 세상에서 번식되게 하시기를 원하나이다 17요셉이 그 아비가 우수를 에브라임의 머리에 얹은 것을 보고 기뻐 아니하여 아비의 손을 들어 에브라임의 머리에서 므낫세의 머리로 옮기고자 하여 18그 아비에게 이르되 아버지여 그리 마옵소서 이는 장자니 우수를 그 머리에 얹으소서 19아비가 허락지 아니하여 가로되 나도 안다 내 아들아 나도 안다 그도 한 족속이 되며 그도 크게 되려니와 그 아우가 그보다 큰 자가 되고 그 자손이 여러 민족을 이루리라 하고 20그 날에 그들에게 축복하여 가로되 이스라엘 족속이 너로 축복하기를 하나님이 너로 에브라임 같고 므낫세 같게 하시리라 하리라 하여 에브라임을 므낫세보다 앞세웠더라 21이스라엘이 요셉에게 또 이르되 나는 죽으나 하나님이 너희와 함께 계시사 너희를 인도하여 너희 조상의 땅으로 돌아가게 하시려니와 22내가 네게 네 형제보다 일부분을 더 주었나니 이는 내가 내 칼과 활로 아모리 족속의 손에서 빼앗은 것이니라

1After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 2Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed. 3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 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 seed after you for an everlasting possession.’ 5Now 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. 6Your issue, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance. 7As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by 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 (the same is Bethlehem).” 8Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?” 9Joseph 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.” 10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also.” 12Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 13Joseph 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. 14Israel 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. 15He 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, 16the 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 in the midst of the earth.” 17When 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. 18Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.” 19His 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 seed will become a multitude of nations.” 20He blessed them that day, saying, “In you will Israel bless, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers. 22Moreover 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.”

1Het geschiedde nu na deze dingen, dat men Jozef zeide: Zie, uw vader is krank! Toen nam hij zijn twee zonen met zich, Manasse en Efraim! 2En men boodschapte Jakob, en men zeide: Zie, uw zoon Jozef komt tot u! Zo versterkte zich Israel, en zat op het bed. 3Daarna zeide Jakob tot Jozef: God de Almachtige, is mij verschenen te Luz, in het land Kanaan, en Hij heeft mij gezegend; 4En Hij heeft tot mij gezegd: Zie, Ik zal u vruchtbaar maken, en u vermenigvuldigen, en u tot een hoop van volken stellen; en Ik zal aan uw zaad na u dit land tot een eeuwige bezitting geven. 5Nu dan, uw twee zonen, die u in Egypteland geboren waren, eer ik in Egypte tot u gekomen ben, zijn mijne; Efraim en Manasse zullen mijne zijn, als Ruben en Simeon. 6Maar uw geslacht, dat gij na hen zult gewinnen, zullen uwe zijn; zij zullen naar hunner broederen naam genoemd worden in hun erfdeel. 7Toen ik nu van Paddan kwam, zo is Rachel bij mij gestorven in het land Kanaan, op den weg, als het nog een kleine streek lands was, om tot Efrath te komen; en ik begroef haar aldaar aan den weg van Efrath, welke is Bethlehem. 8En Israel zag de zonen van Jozef, en zeide: Wiens zijn deze? 9En Jozef zeide tot zijn vader: Zij zijn mijn zonen, die mij God hier gegeven heeft. En hij zeide: Breng hen toch tot mij, dat ik hen zegene! 10Doch de ogen van Israel waren zwaar van ouderdom; hij kon niet zien; en hij deed hen naderen tot zich; toen kuste hij hen, en omhelsde hen. 11En Israel zeide tot Jozef: Ik had niet gemeend uw aangezicht te zien; maar zie, God heeft mij ook uw zaad doen zien! 12Toen deed hen Jozef uitgaan van zijn knieen; en hij boog zich voor zijn aangezicht neder ter aarde. 13En Jozef nam die beiden, Efraim met zijn rechterhand, tegenover Israels linkerhand, en Manasse met zijn linkerhand, tegenover Israels rechterhand, en hij deed hen naderen tot hem. 14Maar Israel strekte zijn rechterhand uit, en legde die op het hoofd van Efraim, hoewel hij de minste was, en zijn linkerhand op het hoofd van Manasse; hij bestierde zijn handen verstandelijk; want Manasse was de eerstgeborene. 15En hij zegende Jozef, en zeide: De God, voor Wiens aangezicht mijn vaders, Abraham en Izak, gewandeld hebben, die God, Die mij gevoed heeft, van dat ik was, tot op dezen dag; 16Die Engel, Die mij verlost heeft van alle kwaad, zegene deze jongeren, en dat in hen mijn naam genoemd worde, en de naam mijner vaderen, Abraham en Izak, en dat zij vermenigvuldigen als vissen in menigte, in het midden des lands! 17Toen Jozef zag, dat zijn vader zijn rechterhand op het hoofd van Efraim legde, zo was het kwaad in zijn ogen, en hij ondervatte zijns vaders hand, om die van het hoofd van Efraim op het hoofd van Manasse af te brengen. 18En Jozef zeide tot zijn vader: Niet alzo, mijn vader! want deze is de eerstgeborene; leg uw rechterhand op zijn hoofd. 19Maar zijn vader weigerde het, en zeide: Ik weet het, mijn zoon! ik weet het; hij zal ook tot een volk worden, en hij zal ook groot worden; maar nochtans zal zijn kleinste broeder groter worden dan hij, en zijn zaad zal een volle menigte van volkeren worden. 20Alzo zegende hij ze te dien dage, zeggende: In u zal Israel zegenen, zeggende: God zette u als Efraim en als Manasse! En hij zette Efraim voor Manasse. 21Daarna zeide Israel tot Jozef: Zie, ik sterf; maar God zal met ulieden wezen, en Hij zal u wederbrengen in het land uwer vaderen. 22En ik heb u een stuk lands gegeven boven uw broederen; hetwelk ik, met mijn zwaard en met mijn boog, uit de hand der Amorieten genomen heb.