Genesis 48
- 1After these things, one told Joseph, Your father is sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- 2And one told Jacob, and said, Your son Joseph comes to you. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
- 3And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- 4And said to me, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a great number of people. And will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.
- 5And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine. As Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
- 6And your issue, which you father after them, shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
- 7And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrath. And I buried her there in the way of Ephrath. The same is Bethlehem.
- 8And Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
- 9And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, who God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, to me, and I will bless them.
- 10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him. And he kissed them, and embraced them.
- 11And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face. And God has showed me also your descendants.
- 12And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
- 13And 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.
- 14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
- 15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, who my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked before, the God who fed me all my life long to this day,
- 16The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads. And let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. And let them grow into a great number in the middle of the earth.
- 17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. And he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
- 18And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.
- 19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. But truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a great number of nations.
- 20And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
- 21And Israel said to Joseph, I die. But God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
- 22Also I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Genesis 48 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAfter these things, one told Joseph, Your father is sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
KJVAnd one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
GIGAKJVAnd one told Jacob, and said, Your son Joseph comes to you. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
KJVAnd Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
GIGAKJVAnd Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
KJVAnd said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
GIGAKJVAnd said to me, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a great number of people. And will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.
KJVAnd now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
GIGAKJVAnd now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine. As Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
KJVAnd thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
GIGAKJVAnd your issue, which you father after them, shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
KJVAnd as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
GIGAKJVAnd as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrath. And I buried her there in the way of Ephrath. The same is Bethlehem.
KJVAnd Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
GIGAKJVAnd Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
KJVAnd Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, who God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, to me, and I will bless them.
KJVNow the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
GIGAKJVNow the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him. And he kissed them, and embraced them.
KJVAnd Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
GIGAKJVAnd Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face. And God has showed me also your descendants.
KJVAnd 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 unto him.
GIGAKJVAnd 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.
KJVAnd Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
GIGAKJVAnd Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
KJVAnd he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
GIGAKJVAnd he blessed Joseph, and said, God, who my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked before, the God who fed me all my life long to this day,
KJVThe Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
GIGAKJVThe Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads. And let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. And let them grow into a great number in the middle of the earth.
KJVAnd when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
GIGAKJVAnd when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. And he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
KJVAnd Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
GIGAKJVAnd Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.
KJVAnd his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
GIGAKJVAnd his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. But truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a great number of nations.
KJVAnd he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
GIGAKJVAnd he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
KJVAnd Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
GIGAKJVAnd Israel said to Joseph, I die. But God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
KJVMoreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
GIGAKJVAlso I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
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