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.

¹In po teh dogodkih so sporočili Jožefu: Glej, oče tvoj je bolan. In vzame dva sina svoja s seboj, Manaseja in Efraima.

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

²In povedali so Jakobu, rekoč: Glej, sin tvoj Jožef prihaja k tebi. In okrepča se Izrael in sede na postelji svoji.

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

³In Jakob reče Jožefu: Bog silni, Vsegamogočni, se mi je prikazal v Luzu v deželi Kanaanski ter me je blagoslovil

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.

⁴in mi rekel: Glej, storim te rodovitnega in pomnožim te in naredim te v množico ljudstev, in dam to deželo semenu tvojemu za teboj v večno posest.

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.

⁵In sedaj sinova tvoja dva, ki sta se ti rodila v deželi Egiptovski, preden sem prišel k tebi v Egipt, bodeta moja; Efraim in Manase bodita moja kakor Ruben in Simeon.

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

⁶Otroci pa, katere boš rodil za njima, naj bodo tvoji; po imenu dveh bratov svojih naj se imenujejo v dediščini svoji.

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.

⁷Jaz pa, ko sem se vračal iz Padana, je umrla meni v žalost Rahela v deželi Kanaanski na potu, ko je bilo še malo hoda do Efrate; in pokopal sem jo na potu v Efrato, to je Betlehem.

⁸And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

⁸Ko pa zagleda Izrael sinova Jožefova, reče: Kdo sta ta dva?

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.

⁹In Jožef reče očetu svojemu: Sinova sta moja, ki mi ju je dal Bog tukaj. On pa veli: Privedi ju, prosim, k meni, da ju blagoslovim.

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.

¹⁰Oči Izraelove namreč so bile otemnele od starosti, ni dobro videl. In privede ju blizu k njemu, in on ju je poljubljal in ju pritiskal k srcu.

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

¹¹In reče Izrael Jožefu: Nisem mislil, da bom videl obličje tvoje, in glej, Bog mi je dal videti tudi seme tvoje.

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

¹²Nato ju pelje Jožef izmed kolen njegovih in se prikloni z obličjem svojim do tal.

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.

¹³In vzame oba, Efraima z desno svojo na levo Izraelu, Manaseja pa z levo svojo na desno Izraelu, in privede ju bliže k njemu.

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.

¹⁴Ali Izrael iztegne desnico svojo, jo položi na glavo Efraimu, dasi je ta bil mlajši, in levo svojo na glavo Manaseju; premišljeno je del križem roke svoje, kajti Manase je bil prvenec.

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,

¹⁵In blagoslovi Jožefa, govoreč: Bog, pred čigar obličjem sta vedno hodila očeta moja, Abraham in Izak, Bog, ki mi je bil pastir, odkar živim do tega dne;

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.

¹⁶angel, ki me je rešil iz vsakega zla, blagoslovi mladeniča ta; in naj se imenujeta po imenu mojem in po imenu očetov mojih Abrahama in Izaka, in v množice naj zrasteta na zemlji!

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.

¹⁷Ko je pa videl Jožef, da oče njegov poklada desno roko svojo Efraimu na glavo, ni mu bilo povšeč, zato prime očeta svojega roko, da jo preloži z glave Efraimove Manaseju na glavo.

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

¹⁸In Jožef reče svojemu očetu: Ne tako, oče moj, ker ta je prvenec, položi desnico svojo na glavo njegovo.

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.

¹⁹Oče njegov pa se je branil in dejal: Vem, sin moj, vem: v ljudstvo bode tudi ta in tudi velik bode, vendar mlajši brat njegov bode večji od njega in seme njegovo bode množina narodov.

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.

²⁰In blagoslovi ju tisti dan, rekoč: S teboj bodo blagoslavljali Izraelci, govoreč: Stóri ti Bog kakor Efraimu in kakor Manaseju! In postavil je Efraima pred Manaseja.

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

²¹In reče Izrael Jožefu: Glej, skoraj umrem, a Bog bode z vami in vas pripelje nazaj v deželo očetov vaših.In jaz ti darujem kos zemlje več nego bratom tvojim, ki sem ga dobil iz roke Amorejca s svojim mečem in z lokom svojim.

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.

²²In jaz ti darujem kos zemlje več nego bratom tvojim, ki sem ga dobil iz roke Amorejca s svojim mečem in z lokom svojim.