1Againe after this, one sayd to Ioseph, Loe, thy father is sicke: then hee tooke with him his two sonnes, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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Genesis 46:20, Genesis 50:23, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 41:52, John 11:3

2Also one told Iaakob, and said, Behold, thy sonne Ioseph is come to thee, and Israel tooke his strength vnto him and sate vpon the bed.

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Nehemiah 2:18, Deuteronomy 3:28, Psalms 41:3, Proverbs 23:15, 1 Samuel 23:16

3Then Iaakob sayde vnto Ioseph, God almightie appeared vnto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me.

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Genesis 35:9, Genesis 35:12, Genesis 35:9, Genesis 35:12, Genesis 17:1

4And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will giue this lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting possession.

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Genesis 17:8, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 12:2

5And now thy two sonnes, Manasseh and Ephraim, which are borne vnto thee in the lande of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

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Genesis 41:50, Genesis 41:52, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 41:52, Joshua 14:4

6But the linage, which thou hast begotten after them, shalbe thine: they shall be called after the names of their brethren in their inheritance.

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Joshua 14:4, Joshua 14:4

7Nowe when I came from Padan, Rahel died vpon mine hande in the lande of Canaan, by the way when there was but halfe a dayes iourney of grounde to come to Ephrath: and I buryed her there in the way to Ephrath: the same is Beth-lehem.

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Genesis 35:16, Genesis 35:19, Matthew 2:18, Genesis 35:9, Genesis 35:16

8Then Israel beheld Iosephs sonnes and sayd, Whose are these?

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9And Ioseph sayd vnto his father, They are my sonnes, which God hath giuen mee here. Then he sayd, I pray thee, bring them to me, that I may blesse them:

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Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 33:5, Genesis 33:5, Hebrews 11:21

10(For the eyes of Israel were dimme for age, so that hee coulde not well see) Then he caused them to come to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

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Genesis 27:27, Genesis 27:1, Genesis 27:27, Genesis 27:1, 1 Kings 19:20

11And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, I had not thought to haue seene thy face: yet lo, God hath shewed me also thy seede.

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Ephesians 3:20, Genesis 45:26, Ephesians 3:20, Genesis 45:26, Genesis 37:33

12And Ioseph tooke them away from his knees, and did reuerence downe to the ground.

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Genesis 42:6, Genesis 42:6, Ephesians 6:1, 2 Kings 4:37, Leviticus 19:3

13Then tooke Ioseph them both, Ephraim in his right hand towarde Israels left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israels right hand, so he brought them vnto him.

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14But Israel stretched out his right hand, and layde it on Ephraims head, which was the yonger, and his left hande vpon Manassehs head (directing his handes of purpose) for Manasseh was the elder.

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Genesis 41:51, Genesis 41:51, Numbers 8:18, Exodus 15:6, Luke 13:13

15Also he blessed Ioseph and sayde, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Izhak did walke, the God, which hath fed me al my life long vnto this day, blesse thee.

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Genesis 17:1, Genesis 17:1, Colossians 2:6, Colossians 2:6, Genesis 28:3

16The Angel, which hath deliuered me from all euill, blesse the children, and let my name be named vpon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Izhak, that they may growe as fish into a multitude in the middes of the earth.

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Psalms 34:22, Psalms 34:22, Genesis 49:22, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 49:22

17But when Ioseph sawe that his father layde his right hande vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he stayed his fathers hand to remooue it from Ephraims head to Manassehs head.

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Genesis 48:14, Romans 9:7, Romans 9:8, Genesis 48:14, Romans 9:7

18And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so, my father, for this is the eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head.

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Acts 11:8, Acts 10:14, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 43:33, Genesis 49:3

19But his father refused, and sayd, I know well, my sonne, I know well: he shalbe also a people, and he shalbe great likewise: but his yonger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall be full of nations.

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Deuteronomy 33:17, Deuteronomy 33:17, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 17:20

20So he blessed them that day, and sayde, In thee Israel shall blesse, and say, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh. and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

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Genesis 24:60, Genesis 24:60, Ruth 4:11, Ruth 4:12, Genesis 28:3

21Then Israel said vnto Ioseph, Behold, I die, and God shall be with you, and bring you againe vnto the land of your fathers.

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Genesis 50:24, Genesis 46:4, Genesis 50:24, Genesis 46:4, Genesis 26:3

22Moreouer, I haue giuen vnto thee one portion aboue thy brethren, which I gate out of the hand of the Amorite by my sworde and by my bowe.

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John 4:5, John 4:5, Joshua 24:32, Joshua 24:32, 1 Chronicles 5:2