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48:1
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这事以后，有人告诉约瑟说：「你的父亲病了。」他就带着两个儿子玛拿西和以法莲同去。
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And 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.
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48:2
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有人告诉雅各说：「请看，你儿子约瑟到你这里来了。」以色列就勉强在床上坐起来。
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And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
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48:3
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雅各对约瑟说：「全能的神曾在迦南地的路斯向我显现，赐福与我，
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And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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48:4
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对我说：『我必使你生养众多，成为多民，又要把这地赐给你的后裔，永远为业。』
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and 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.
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48:5
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我未到埃及见你之先，你在埃及地所生的以法莲和玛拿西这两个儿子是我的，正如流便和西缅是我的一样。
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And 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.
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48:6
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你在他们以后所生的就是你的，他们可以归于他们弟兄的名下得产业。
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And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
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48:7
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至于我，我从巴但来的时候，拉结死在我眼前，在迦南地的路上，离以法他还有一段路程，我就把他葬在以法他的路上（以法他就是伯利恒）。」
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And 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).
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48:8
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以色列看见约瑟的两个儿子，就说：「这是谁？」
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And Israel beheld Joseph`s sons, and said, Who are these?
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48:9
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约瑟对他父亲说：「这是神在这里赐给我的儿子。」以色列说：「请你领他们到我跟前，我要给他们祝福。」
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And 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.
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48:10
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以色列年纪老迈，眼睛昏花，不能看见。约瑟领他们到他跟前，他就和他们亲嘴，抱着他们。
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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.
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48:11
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以色列对约瑟说：「我想不到得见你的面，不料，神又使我得见你的儿子。」
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And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.
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48:12
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约瑟把两个儿子从以色列两膝中领出来，自己就脸伏于地下拜。
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And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
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48:13
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随后，约瑟又拉着他们两个，以法莲在他的右手里，对着以色列的左手，玛拿西在他的左手里，对着以色列的右手，领他们到以色列的跟前。
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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.
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48:14
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以色列伸出右手来，按在以法莲的头上（以法莲乃是次子），又剪搭过左手来，按在玛拿西的头上（玛拿西原是长子）。
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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 first-born.
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48:15
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他就给约瑟祝福说：「愿我祖亚伯拉罕和我父以撒所事奉的神，就是一生牧养我直到今日的神，
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And 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,
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48:16
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救赎我脱离一切患难的那使者，赐福与这两个童子。愿他们归在我的名下和我祖亚伯拉罕、我父以撒的名下。又愿他们在世界中生养众多。」
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the 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.
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48:17
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约瑟见他父亲把右手按在以法莲的头上，就不喜悦，便提起他父亲的手，要从以法莲的头上挪到玛拿西的头上。
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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.
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48:18
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约瑟对他父亲说：「我父，不是这样。这本是长子，求你把右手按在他的头上。」
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And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
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48:19
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他父亲不从，说：「我知道，我儿，我知道。他也必成为一族，也必昌大。只是他的兄弟将来比他还大；他兄弟的后裔要成为多族。」
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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: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
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48:20
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当日就给他们祝福说：「以色列人要指着你们祝福说：『愿神使你如以法莲、玛拿西一样。』」于是立以法莲在玛拿西以上。
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And 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.
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48:21
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以色列又对约瑟说：「我要死了，但神必与你们同在，领你们回到你们列祖之地。
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
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48:22
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并且我从前用弓用刀从亚摩利人手下夺的那块地，我都赐给你，使你比众弟兄多得一分。」
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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.
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