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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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;

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

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

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.

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.`

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

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

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.

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.`

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.

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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;

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:

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!

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.`

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.

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;

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

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

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.

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;`

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.

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.

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.

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;

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

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.`