{"id":"01KG2TZKADM841Q7DPN66AJ0JV","cid":"bafkreieyfwmakhtqdlm4hbrl3cyefz5g3eyp2btut2zy6shi6qxqiw3kfq","type":"chapter","properties":{"end_line":4680,"extracted_at":"2026-01-28T17:38:53.144Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Genesis 48","source_file":"01KG2T4RGFNHVF08APV5NRS5AD","start_line":4600,"text":"48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph,\r\nBehold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons,\r\nManasseh and Ephraim.\r\n\r\n48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto\r\nthee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.\r\n\r\n48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz\r\nin the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 48:4 And said unto me, Behold,\r\nI will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee\r\na multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee\r\nfor an everlasting possession.\r\n\r\n48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto\r\nthee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are\r\nmine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.\r\n\r\n48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine,\r\nand shall be called after the name of their brethren in their\r\ninheritance.\r\n\r\n48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the\r\nland of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come\r\nunto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same\r\nis Bethlehem.\r\n\r\n48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these? 48:9\r\nAnd Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given\r\nme in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I\r\nwill bless them.\r\n\r\n48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not\r\nsee.\r\n\r\nAnd he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced\r\nthem.\r\n\r\n48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face:\r\nand, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.\r\n\r\n48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed\r\nhimself with his face to the earth.\r\n\r\n48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward\r\nIsrael’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s\r\nright hand, and brought them near unto him.\r\n\r\n48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon\r\nEphraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s\r\nhead, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.\r\n\r\n48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers\r\nAbraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto\r\nthis day, 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the\r\nlads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers\r\nAbraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of\r\nthe earth.\r\n\r\n48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the\r\nhead of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand,\r\nto remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.\r\n\r\n48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is\r\nthe firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.\r\n\r\n48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it:\r\nhe also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly\r\nhis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall\r\nbecome a multitude of nations.\r\n\r\n48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel\r\nbless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set\r\nEphraim before Manasseh.\r\n\r\n48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be\r\nwith you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.\r\n\r\n48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren,\r\nwhich I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my\r\nbow.\r\n\r","title":"Genesis 48"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG2TP96Y3VDB833SF2BEP5DN","peer_label":"The King James Version of the Bible","peer_type":"reference","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG2T4RGFNHVF08APV5NRS5AD","peer_label":"kjv.txt","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H","peer_label":"Test Collection","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG2TYPB4SW699XC6M5MA1CVN","peer_label":"Genesis 47","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG2TYPCMWP05R1NAE3Y6J1QP","peer_label":"Genesis 49","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-28T17:38:53.564Z","ts":"2026-01-28T17:38:59.085Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}