Moreover Iacob lived in the land of Egypt
seventeen years, so that the hole age of Iacob was an hundred and
forty seven years. When the time drew nye, that Israel must die:
he sent for his son Ioseph and said unto him: If I have found
grace in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh and deal
mercifully and truly with me, that thou bury me not in Egypt: but
let me lie by my fathers, and carry me out of Egypt, and bury me
in their burial. And he answered: I will do as thou hast said. And
he said: swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And then Israel
bowed him unto the bed's head.
Chapter .xlviij.
After these deeds, tidings were brought unto Ioseph, that his
father was sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasse and
Ephraim. Then was it said unto Iacob: behold, thy son Ioseph
cometh unto thee. And Israel took his strength unto him, and sat
up on the bed, and said unto Ioseph: God all mighty appeared unto
me at Lus in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, and said unto me:
behold, I will make thee grow and will multiply thee, and will
make a great number of people of thee, and will give this land
unto thee and unto thy seed after thee unto an everlasting
possession. Now therefore thy two sons Manasse and Ephraim which
were born unto thee before I came to thee, into Egypt, shall be
mine: even as Ruben and Simeon shall they be unto me.
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