<!--more--><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000001">Genesis</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1001501">Chapter 48</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1001469">&laquo; Previous Chapter</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1001524">Next Chapter &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>The Patriarchs</em></p><p><em>Joseph</em></p><p><em>Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh</em></p><ul class="scripturelog_verse_list"><li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001502">1</a>. AND it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001503">2</a>. And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001504">3</a>. And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001505">4</a>. And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001506">5</a>. And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001507">6</a>. And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001508">7</a>. 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 unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001509">8</a>. And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001510">9</a>. And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place.  And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001511">10</a>. Now 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001512">11</a>. And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001513">12</a>. And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001514">13</a>. 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 unto him.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001515">14</a>. And 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 firstborn.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001516">15</a>. 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 unto this day.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001517">16</a>. 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 midst of the earth.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001518">17</a>. And 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001519">18</a>. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001520">19</a>. 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.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001521">20</a>. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001522">21</a>. And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.</li>
<li class="scripturelog_verse_list_item"><a href="?page_id=1001523">22</a>. Moreover 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.</li>
</ul><!--more--><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000001">Genesis</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1001501">Chapter 48</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1001469">&laquo; Previous Chapter</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1001524">Next Chapter &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/48">View Genesis Chapter 48 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>