The Book of Genesis, Chapter 48ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΜΗ′

Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Ιωσηφ ὅτι Ὁ πατήρ σου ἐνοχλεῖται· καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ τὸν Μανασση καὶ τὸν Εφραιμ ἦλθεν πρὸς Ιακωβ.

And it came to pass after these things that it was reported to Joseph: 'Your father is in distress'; and taking his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, he came to Jacob.

ἀπηγγέλη δὲ τῷ Ιακωβ λέγοντες ὅτι Ιδοὺ ὁ υἱός σου Ιωσηφ ἔρχεται πρὸς σέ· καὶ ἐνισχύσας Ισραηλ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην.

And it was reported to Jacob, saying: 'Behold, your son Joseph is coming to you'; and Israel, having summoned his strength, sat up on the bed.

καὶ εἶπεν Ιακωβ τῷ Ιωσηφ· Ὁ θεός μου ὤφθη μοι ἐν Λουζα ἐν γῇ Χανααν καὶ εὐλόγησέν με

And Jacob said to Joseph: 'My God appeared to me at Luza in the land of Canaan and blessed me,'

καὶ εἶπέν μοι· Ἰδοὺ ἐγώ σε αὐξάνω καὶ πληθύνω σε καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς συναγωγὰς ἐθνῶν καὶ δώσω σοι τὴν γῆν ταύτην καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου μετὰ σὲ εἰς κατάσχεσιν αἰώνιον.

and said to me: 'Behold, I will make you grow and multiply you and make you into assemblies of nations, and I will give this land to you and to your seed after you as an eternal possession.'

νῦν οὖν οἱ δύο υἱοί σου οἱ γενόμενοί σοι ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ πρὸ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν με πρὸς σὲ εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐμοί εἰσιν· Εφραιμ καὶ Μανασση ὡς Ρουβην καὶ Συμεων ἔσονταί μοι.

Now therefore your two sons who were born to you in Egypt before I came to you in Egypt — they are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be to me as Reuben and Simeon.

ἡ δὲ ἔκγονή σου ἣν ἐὰν γεννήσῃς μετὰ ταῦτα ἔσονται τῷ ὀνόματι τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν κληθήσονται ἐν τοῖς μερίσμοις αὐτῶν.

But your offspring whom you may beget after these things — they shall be called by the name of their brothers in their portions.

ἐγὼ δέ, ἡνίκα ἠρχόμην ἐκ Μεσοποταμίας τῆς Συρίας, ἀπέθανεν Ραχηλ ἡ μήτηρ σου ἐν γῇ Χανααν ἐγγίζοντός μου τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου Χαβραθα τοῦ ἐλθεῖν Εφραθα· καὶ ἔθαψα αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου, αὕτη ἐστὶν Βαιθλεεμ.

But as for me, when I was coming from Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel your mother died in the land of Canaan as I was drawing near to the racecourse of Chabratha, to come to Ephratha; and I buried her on the road of the racecourse — this is Bethlehem.

Ἰδὼν δὲ Ισραηλ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ιωσηφ εἶπεν· Τίνες οὗτοί σοι εἰσιν;

And Israel, seeing the sons of Joseph, said: 'Who are these to you?'

εἶπεν δὲ Ιωσηφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ· Υἱοί μού εἰσιν, οὓς ἔδωκέν μοι ὁ θεὸς ἐνταῦθα. καὶ εἶπεν· Πρόσαγέ μοι αὐτοὺς ἵνα εὐλογήσω αὐτούς.

And Joseph said to his father: 'They are my sons, whom God gave me here.' And he said: 'Bring them to me so that I may bless them.'

οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ Ισραηλ ἐβαρύνθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ γήρους καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο βλέπειν· καὶ ἤγγισεν αὐτοὺς πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἐφίλησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ περιελάβεν αὐτούς.

Now the eyes of Israel had grown heavy with old age and he was not able to see; and he brought them near to him, and kissed them and embraced them.

εἶπεν δὲ Ισραηλ πρὸς Ιωσηφ· Τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐκ ἐστερήθην· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔδειξέν μοι ὁ θεὸς καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου.

And Israel said to Joseph: 'I had not been deprived of your face; and behold, God has shown me also your seed.'

καὶ ἐξήγαγεν Ιωσηφ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν γονάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς.

And Joseph brought them out from his knees, and they prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

λαβὼν δὲ Ιωσηφ τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ τόν τε Εφραιμ ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ, ἐξ εὐωνύμων δὲ Ισραηλ, καὶ τὸν Μανασση ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ, ἐκ δεξιῶν δὲ Ισραηλ, ἤγγισεν αὐτοὺς αὐτῷ.

And Joseph, taking his two sons — Ephraim in his right hand, to the left of Israel, and Manasseh in his left hand, to the right of Israel — brought them near to him.

ἐκτείνας δὲ Ισραηλ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν δεξιὰν ἐπέβαλεν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Εφραιμ, οὗτος δὲ ἦν ὁ νεώτερος, καὶ τὴν ἀριστερὰν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Μανασση, ἐναλλὰξ τὰς χεῖρας.

And Israel, stretching out his right hand, placed it on the head of Ephraim — now this was the younger — and his left on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands.

καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν· Ὁ θεὸς ᾧ εὐηρέστησαν οἱ πατέρες μου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, Αβρααμ καὶ Ισαακ, ὁ θεὸς ὁ τρέφων με ἐκ νεότητός μου ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης,

And he blessed them and said: 'The God before whom my fathers were well-pleasing — Abraham and Isaac — the God who feeds me from my youth until this day,

ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ ῥυόμενός με ἐκ πάντων τῶν κακῶν εὐλογήσαι τὰ παιδία ταῦτα· καὶ ἐπικληθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸ ὄνομά μου καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τῶν πατέρων μου Αβρααμ καὶ Ισαακ· καὶ πληθυνθείησαν εἰς πλῆθος πολὺ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

the angel who delivers me from all evils — may he bless these children; and may my name be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and may they multiply into a great multitude upon the earth.

Ἰδὼν δὲ Ιωσηφ ὅτι ἐπέβαλεν ὁ πατὴρ τὴν δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Εφραιμ, βαρὺ αὐτῷ ἐφάνη· καὶ ἀντελάβετο Ιωσηφ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἀφελεῖν αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς Εφραιμ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν Μανασση.

And Joseph, seeing that his father had placed his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it seemed a serious matter to him; and Joseph took hold of his father's hand to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh.

εἶπεν δὲ Ιωσηφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ· Οὐχ οὕτως, πάτερ· οὗτος γὰρ ὁ πρωτότοκος· ἐπίθες τὴν δεξιάν σου ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.

And Joseph said to his father: 'Not so, father; for this is the firstborn; place your right hand on his head.'

καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν, ἀλλ' εἶπεν· Οἶδα, τέκνον, οἶδα· καὶ οὗτος ἔσται εἰς λαόν, καὶ οὗτος ὑψωθήσεται· ἀλλὰ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ νεώτερος μείζων αὐτοῦ ἔσται, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἔσται εἰς πλῆθος ἐθνῶν.

But he was not willing; instead he said: 'I know, my child, I know; and he also shall become a people, and he also shall be exalted; but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a fullness of nations.'

καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ λέγων· Ἐν ὑμῖν εὐλογηθήσεται Ισραηλ λέγοντες· Ποιήσαι σε ὁ θεὸς ὡς Εφραιμ καὶ ὡς Μανασση· καὶ ἔταξεν τὸν Εφραιμ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Μανασση.

And he blessed them on that day, saying: 'In you shall Israel be blessed, saying: "May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh."' And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

εἶπεν δὲ Ισραηλ τῷ Ιωσηφ· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποθνῄσκω· καὶ ἔσται ὁ θεὸς μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν καὶ ἀποστρέψει ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν γῆν τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν.

And Israel said to Joseph: 'Behold, I am dying; and God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.'

ἐγὼ δὲ δίδωμί σοι Σικιμα ἐξαίρετον ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου, ἣν ἔλαβον ἐκ χειρὸς Αμορραίων ἐν τῇ μαχαίρᾳ μου καὶ τόξῳ.

But I give you Shechem as a special portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.