¹A stalo sa po týchto udalostiach, že povedali Jozefovi: Hľa, tvoj otec je nemocný. Vtedy vzal so sebou svojich dvoch synov, Manassesa a Efraima.

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.

²A oznámili Jakobovi a riekli: Hľa, tvoj syn Jozef prišiel k tebe. A Izrael sa posilnil a posadil sa na posteli.

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.

³A Jakob riekol Jozefovi: Silný Bôh všemohúci sa mi ukázal v Lúze, v Kananejskej zemi, a požehnal ma

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

⁴a riekol mi: Hľa, rozplodím ťa a rozmnožím ťa a učiním ťa hromadou národov a dám túto zem tvojmu semenu po tebe za večné vlastníctvo.

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.

⁵A tak teraz tvoji dvaja synovia, ktorí sa ti narodili v Egyptskej zemi, prv ako som ja prišiel k tebe do Egypta, sú moji, Efraim a Manasses, a budú mi jako Rúben a Simeon.

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;

⁶Ale tvoj rod, tvoje deti, ktoré splodíš po nich, budú tvoje; budú sa menovať menom svojich bratov vo svojom dedičstve.

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

⁷Lebo keď som ja prišiel z Pádana, zomrela mi Rácheľ v Kananejskej zemi na ceste, keď už nebolo ďaleko do Efraty, a pochoval som ju tam na ceste do Efraty, to je Betlehem.

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.`

⁸A keď videl Izrael synov Jozefových, riekol: Kto sú títo?

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

⁹A Jozef odpovedal svojmu otcovi: To sú moji synovia, ktorých mi dal Bôh tu. A riekol: Doveď ich, prosím, ku mne, a požehnám ich.

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.`

¹⁰A oči Izraelove boly ťažké od staroby; nemohol vidieť, a Jozef ich priviedol k nemu, a on ich bozkával a objímal ich.

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;

¹¹A Izrael riekol Jozefovi: Nemyslel som, že by som voľakedy videl tvoju tvár, a hľa, Bôh mi dal vidieť i tvoje semeno.

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

¹²Potom ich odviedol Jozef od jeho kolien a poklonil sa tvárou k zemi.

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

¹³A Jozef ich pojal oboch, Efraima do svojej pravej ruky, z ľavej strany Izraelovi, a Manassesa do svojej ľavej ruky, z pravej strany Izraelovi, a doviedol ich k nemu.

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.

¹⁴A Izrael vystrel svoju pravú ruku a položil ju na hlavu Efraimovi, ktorý bol mladší, a svoju ľavú ruku položil na hlavu Manassesovu prekrížiac svoje ruky s rozmyslom, lebo Manasses bol prvorodený.

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.

¹⁵A požehnal Jozefa a riekol: Bôh, pred ktorého tvárou chodili moji otcovia, Abrahám a Izák, Bôh, ktorý ma opatroval celý môj život až do tohoto dňa,

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:

¹⁶ten Anjel, ktorý ma vyprostil zo všetkého zlého, nech požehná týchto mládencov, a nech sa volajú po mojom mene a po mene mojich otcov, Abraháma a Izáka, a čo do množstva nech sa až hemžia prostred zeme.

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.`

¹⁷A keď videl Jozef, že jeho otec položil svoju pravú ruku na hlavu Efraimovu, neľúbilo sa mu to, a pochytil ruku svojho otca, aby ju preniesol s hlavy Efraimovej na hlavu Manassesovu.

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;

¹⁸A Jozef povedal svojmu otcovi: Nie tak, môj otče, lebo toto je prvorodený; polož svoju pravicu na jeho hlavu.

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

¹⁹Ale jeho otec odoprel a riekol: Viem, môj synu, viem, aj on bude ľudom a on tiež bude veľký, avšak jeho mladší brat bude väčší od neho, a jeho semeno bude početným medzi národami.

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;`

²⁰A požehnal ich toho dňa a riekol: Tebou bude dávať požehnanie Izrael a povie: Nech ťa učiní Bôh ako Efraima a Manassesa! A postavil Efraima pred Manassesa.

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.

²¹A Izrael riekol Jozefovi: Hľa, ja už zomriem, ale Bôh bude s vami a navráti vás do zeme vašich otcov.

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;

²²A ja som ti dal jeden diel nad tvojich bratov, ktorý som vzal z ruky Amoreja svojím mečom a svojím lukom.

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.`