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 came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, 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 told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

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

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

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.

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

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

⁶And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren 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.

⁷And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

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

⁸And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, 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 said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

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

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.

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

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

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

¹²And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with 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 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.

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 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 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 blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long 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 angel who hath 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.

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 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.

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

¹⁸And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon 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 refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it]. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of 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 blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set 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 said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again 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.

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.