{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/genesis/48","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T03:16:14.191Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":48,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":47,"nextChapter":49,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And your issue, which you beget after them, shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, to me, and I will bless them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.  And he brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, see, God has showed me also your seed."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long to this day,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The Angel which 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 middle of the earth."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And 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: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 48 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Genesis 48](https://primebible.com/akjv/genesis/48)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/genesis/48 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}