Бытие 48
1 Бысть же по глаголех сих, и поведано бысть Иосифу, яко отец твой изнемогает: и поим два сына своя, Манассию и Ефрема, прииде ко Иакову.
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick. And he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 Поведаша же Иакову, глаголюще: се, сын твой Иосиф грядет к тебе. И укрепився Израиль седе на одре,
And one told Jacob and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming to thee. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3 и рече Иаков ко Иосифу: Бог мой явися мне в Лузе, в земли Ханаани, и благослови мя
And Jacob said to Joseph, The Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4 и рече ми: се, Аз возращу тя и умножу тя, и сотворю тя в собрания языков: и дам ти землю сию и семени твоему по тебе во одержание вечное.
and he said to 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.
5 Ныне убо два сына твоя, иже быша тебе в земли Египетстей прежде пришествия моего к тебе во Египет, мои суть: Ефрем и Манассиа, аки Рувим и Симеон будут мне:
And now thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon.
6 сыны же, яже аще родиши по сих, будут тебе: во имя братии своея призовутся ко жребиям оных:
And thy family which thou hast begotten after them shall be thine: they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
7 аз же егда идях от Месопотамии Сирския, умре Рахиль мати твоя в земли Ханаани, приближающуся ми ко ипподрому Хаврафы земли, еже приити во Ефрафу: и погребох ю на пути ипподрома: сей есть Вифлеем.
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.
8 Видев же Израиль сыны Иосифовы, рече: что тебе сии?
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
9 Рече же Иосиф отцу своему: сынове мои суть, яже даде ми Бог зде. И рече Иаков: приведи ми я, да благословлю их.
And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, that I may bless them.
10 Очи же Израилю тяжко видеста от старости, и не можаше видети: и приближи их к нему, и лобза их, и объят я.
But the eyes of Israel were heavy from age: he could not see. And he brought them nearer to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 И рече Израиль ко Иосифу: се, лица твоего не лишихся, и се, показа ми Бог и семя твое.
And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and behold, God has let me see also thy seed.
12 И отведе их Иосиф от колен его, и поклонишася ему лицем до земли.
And Joseph brought them out from his knees, and bowed down with his face to the earth.
13 Поим же Иосиф два сына своя, Ефрема в десницу, прямо левицы Израиля, Манассию же в левую, прямо десницы Израилевы, приближи их к нему.
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 to him.
14 Простер же Израиль руку десную, возложи на главу Ефремлю, сей же бяше менший, а левую на главу Манассиину, пременив руце,
But Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] on Ephraim's head — now he was the younger — and his left hand on Manasseh's head; guiding his hands intelligently, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 и благослови я и рече: Бог, Емуже благоугодиша отцы мои пред ним, Авраам и Исаак, Бог, Иже питает мя измлада даже до дне сего,
And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,
16 Ангел, иже мя избавляет от всех зол, да благословит детища сия, и прозовется в них имя мое, и имя отец моих, Авраама и Исаака, и да умножатся во множество многое на земли.
the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land!
17 Видев же Иосиф, яко возложи отец его руку десную свою на главу Ефремлю, тяжко ему явися: и прия Иосиф руку отца своего отяти ю от главы Ефремли на главу Манассиину,
When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
18 и рече Иосиф отцу своему: не тако, отче: сей бо (есть) первенец, возложи руку десную твою на главу его.
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.
19 И не хотяше, но рече: вем, чадо, вем: и сей будет в люди, и сей вознесется: но брат его менший болий его будет, и семя его будет во множество языков.
But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.
20 И благослови я в том дни, глаголя: в вас благословится Израиль, глаголюще: да сотворит тя Бог якоже Ефрема и яко Манассию. И постави Ефрема вышше Манассии.
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh! And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Рече же Израиль Иосифу: се, аз умираю, и будет Бог с вами, и возвратит вас от земли сея на землю отец ваших:
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
22 аз же даю ти Сикиму избранную свыше братии твоея, юже взях из руки Аморрейски мечем моим и луком.
And I have given to thee one tract [of land] above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
