¹وحدث بعد هذه الامور انه قيل ليوسف هوذا ابوك مريض. فأخذ معه ابنيه منسّى وافرايم.

¹And it cometh to pass, after these things, that [one] saith to Joseph, `Lo, thy father is sick;` and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

²فاخبر يعقوب وقيل له هوذا ابنك يوسف قادم اليك. فتشدد اسرائيل وجلس على السرير

²And [one] declareth to Jacob, and saith, `Lo, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee;` and Israel doth strengthen himself, and sit upon the bed.

³وقال يعقوب ليوسف الله القادر على كل شيء ظهر لي في لوز في ارض كنعان وباركني.

³And Jacob saith unto Joseph, `God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,

⁴وقال لي ها انا اجعلك مثمرا واكثرك واجعلك جمهورا من الامم واعطي نسلك هذه الارض من بعدك ملكا ابديا.

⁴and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during.

⁵والآن ابناك المولودان لك في ارض مصر قبلما أتيت اليك الى مصر هما لي. افرايم ومنسّى كرأوبين وشمعون يكونان لي.

⁵`And now, thy two sons, who are born to thee in the land of Egypt, before my coming unto thee to Egypt, mine they [are]; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon they are mine;

⁶واما اولادك الذين تلد بعدهما فيكونون لك. على اسم اخويهم يسمون في نصيبهم.

⁶and thy family which thou hast begotten after them are thine; by the name of their brethren they are called in their inheritance.

⁷وانا حين جئت من فدّان ماتت عندي راحيل في ارض كنعان في الطريق اذ بقيت مسافة من الارض حتى آتي الى افراتة. فدفنتها هناك في طريق افراتة التي هي بيت لحم

⁷`And I — in my coming in from Padan-[Aram] Rachel hath died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a kibrath of land to enter Ephrata, and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata, which [is] Bethlehem.`

⁸ورأى اسرائيل ابني يوسف فقال من هذان.

⁸And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, `Who [are] these?`

⁹فقال يوسف لابيه هما ابناي اللذان اعطاني الله ههنا. فقال قدمهما اليّ لاباركهما.

⁹and Joseph saith unto his father, `They [are] my sons, whom God hath given to me in this [place];` and he saith, `Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I bless them.`

¹⁰واما عينا اسرائيل فكانتا قد ثقلتا من الشيخوخة لا يقدر ان يبصر. فقربهما اليه فقبّلهما واحتضنهما.

¹⁰And the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age, he is unable to see; and he bringeth them nigh unto him, and he kisseth them, and cleaveth to them;

¹¹وقال اسرائيل ليوسف لم اكن اظن اني ارى وجهك وهوذا الله قد اراني نسلك ايضا.

¹¹and Israel saith unto Joseph, `To see thy face I had not thought, and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.`

¹²ثم اخرجهما يوسف من بين ركبتيه وسجد امام وجهه الى الارض

¹²And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth;

¹³واخذ يوسف الاثنين افرايم بيمينه عن يسار اسرائيل ومنسّى بيساره عن يمين اسرائيل وقربهما اليه.

¹³and Joseph taketh them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel`s left, and Manasseh in his left towards Israel`s right, and bringeth [them] nigh to him.

¹⁴فمدّ اسرائيل يمينه ووضعها على راس افرايم وهو الصغير ويساره على راس منسّى. وضع يديه بفطنة فان منسّى كان البكر.

¹⁴And Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth [it] upon the head of Ephraim, who [is] the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh [is] the first-born.

¹⁵وبارك يوسف وقال الله الذي سار امامه ابواي ابراهيم واسحق. الله الذي رعاني منذ وجودي الى هذا اليوم.

¹⁵And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, `God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:

¹⁶الملاك الذي خلصني من كل شر يبارك الغلامين. وليدع عليهما اسمي واسم ابوي ابراهيم واسحق. وليكثرا كثيرا في الارض

¹⁶the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.`

¹⁷فلما رأى يوسف ان اباه وضع يده اليمنى على راس افرايم ساء ذلك في عينيه. فامسك بيد ابيه لينقلها عن راس افرايم الى راس منسّى.

¹⁷And Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh;

¹⁸وقال يوسف لابيه ليس هكذا يا ابي لان هذا هو البكر. ضع يمينك على راسه.

¹⁸and Joseph saith unto his father, `Not so, my father, for this [is] the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.`

¹⁹فابى ابوه وقال علمت يا ابني علمت. هو ايضا يكون شعبا وهو ايضا يصير كبيرا. ولكن اخاه الصغير يكون اكبر منه ونسله يكون جمهورا من الامم.

¹⁹And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;`

²⁰وباركهما في ذلك اليوم قائلا بك يبارك اسرائيل قائلا يجعلك الله كافرايم وكمنسّى. فقدّم افرايم على منسّى

²⁰and he blesseth them in that day, saying, `By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;` and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh.

²¹وقال اسرائيل ليوسف ها انا اموت ولكن الله سيكون معكم ويردكم الى ارض آبائكم.

²¹And Israel saith unto Joseph, `Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers;

²²وانا قد وهبت لك سهما واحدا فوق اخوتك اخذته من يد الاموريين بسيفي وقوسي

²²and I — I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.`