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

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.

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

²And one told Jacob and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming to thee. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

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

³And Jacob said to Joseph, The Almighty ùGod appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

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

⁴and he said to me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an everlasting possession.

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

⁵And now thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon.

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

⁶And thy family which thou hast begotten after them shall be thine: they shall be called after the name of their brethren 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

⁷And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.

⁸ورأى اسرائيل ابني يوسف فقال من هذان.

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

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

⁹And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, that I may bless them.

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

¹⁰But the eyes of Israel were heavy from age: he could not see. And he brought them nearer to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

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

¹¹And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and behold, God has let me see also thy seed.

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

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

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

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 to him.

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

¹⁴But Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] on Ephraim's head -- now he was the younger -- and his left hand on Manasseh's head; guiding his hands intelligently, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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

¹⁵And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,

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

¹⁶the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow 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.

¹⁷When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

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

¹⁸And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put 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.

¹⁹But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.

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

²⁰And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh! And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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

²¹And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.

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

²²And *I* have given to thee one tract [of land] above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.