And the
children which thou gettest after them, shall be thine own: but
shall be called with the names of their brethren in their
inheritances. And after I came from Mesopotamia, Rahel died upon
my hand in the land of Canaan, by the way: when I had but a
field's brede to go unto Ephrat. And I buried her there in the way
to Ephrat which is now called Bethlehem. And Israel beheld
Ioseph's sons and said: what are these? And Ioseph said unto his
father: they are my sons, which God hath given me here. And he
said: bring them to me, and let me bless them. And the eyes of
Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought
them to him, and he kissed them and embraced them. And Israel said
unto Ioseph: I had not thought to have seen thy face, and yet lo,
God hath shewed it me and also thy seed. And Ioseph took them away
from his lap, and they fell on the ground before him. Then took
Ioseph them both: Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left
hand and Manasse in his left hand, toward Israel's right hand, and
brought them unto him. And Israel stretched out his right hand and
laid it upon Ephraim's head which was the younger, and his left
hand upon Manasse's head, crossing his hands, for Manasse was the
elder.
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