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48 Again, after this, one said to Joseph, “Lo, your father is sick.” Then, he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, with him.
2 Also, one told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son, Joseph, has come to you.” And Israel gathered his strength and sat upon the bed.
3 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4 “and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and will multiply you, and will make a great number of people from you and will give this land to your seed after you, for an everlasting possession.’
5 “And now, your two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim (who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt) shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
6 “But your lineage which you have begotten after them shall be yours. They shall be called after the names of their brothers in their inheritance.
7 “Now, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me on the way (in the land of Canaan, when there was but a half day’s journey left to Ephrath). And I buried her there, on the way to Ephrath.” The same is Bethlehem.
8 Then Israel beheld Joseph’s sons and said, “Whose are these?”
9 And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons whom God has given me here.” Then he said, “Please bring them to me, so that I may bless them.”
10 (For the eyes of Israel were dim from age, so that he could not see well.) Then he caused them to come to him. And he kissed them and embraced them.
11 And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought I would see your face. Yet, lo, God has also shown me your seed.”
12 And Joseph took them away from his knees and did reverence down to the ground.
13 Then 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). So, he brought them to him.
14 But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head (who was the younger) and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head (directing his hands intentionally, for Manasseh was the elder).
15 Also, he blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before Whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, walked—the God Who has fed me all my life long, until this day—bless you.
16 “The Angel, who has delivered me from all evil, bless the children; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, so that they may grow as fish into a multitude in the midst of the Earth.”
17 But 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 to Manasseh’s head.
18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father. For this is the eldest. Put your right hand upon his head.”
19 But his father refused, and said, “I know well, my son. I know well. He shall also be a people; and he shall likewise be great. But his younger brother shall be greater than he; and his seed shall be full of nations.”
20 So, he blessed them that day, and said, “In you, Israel shall bless and say, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.” And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I die. And God shall be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
22 “Moreover, I have given to you one portion more than your brothers, which I got out of the hand of the Amorite, by my sword and by my bow.”
49 Then Jacob called his sons, and said, “Gather yourselves together, so that I may tell you what shall come to you in the last days.
2 “Gather yourselves together and hear, you sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel, your father.
3 “Reuben, my eldest son, you are my might and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
4 “You were light as water. You shall not be excellent, because you went up to your father’s bed. Then, you defiled my bed. Your dignity is gone.
5 “Simeon and Levi (brothers). Their weapons are the instruments of cruelty.
6 “Do not let my soul come into their secret, nor my glory be joined with their assembly. For in their wrath they killed a man; and in their self-will they dug down a wall.
7 “Cursed be their wrath, for it was fierce, and their rage, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
8 “You, Judah. Your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
9 “Judah, as a lion’s cub you shall come up from the prey, my son. He shall lie down and crouch as a lion, and as a lioness. Who shall stir him up?
10 “The Sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. And the people shall be gathered to him.
11 “He shall bind his donkey foal to the Vine, and his donkey’s colt to the Best Vine. He shall wash His garment in wine, and His cloak in the blood of grapes.
12 “His eyes shall be red with wine, and His teeth white with milk.
13 “Zebulun shall dwell by the seaside; and he shall be a haven for ships. And his border shall be to Sidon.
14 “Issachar shall be a strong donkey, crouching down between two burdens.
15 “And he shall see that rest is good, and that the land is pleasant; and he shall bow his shoulder to bear and shall be subject to tribute.
16 “Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 “Dan shall be a serpent on the way, an adder by the path, biting the horse heels so that his rider shall fall backward.
18 “O LORD, I have waited for Your salvation!
19 “Gad. An army of men shall overcome him; but he shall overcome in the end.
20 “Concerning Asher, his bread shall be fat and he shall give pleasures for a king.
21 “Naphtali shall be a loosed deer, using beautiful words.
22 “Joseph shall be a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by the well side. His small boughs shall overrun the wall.
23 “And the archers grieved him and shot and hated him.
24 “But, his bow remained strong; and the hands of his arms were strengthened by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob (by Whom was the Feeder appointed by the Stone of Israel),
25 “by the God of your father, Who shall help you, and by the Almighty Who shall bless you with heavenly blessings from above, with blessings of the deep that lies beneath, with blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
26 “The blessings of your father shall be stronger than the blessings of my elders. To the end of the hills of the world shall they be on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.
27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he shall devour the prey and at night he shall divide the plunder.”
28 All these are the Twelve Tribes of Israel; and thus their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed every one of them with a specific blessing.
29 And he charged them, and said to them, “I am ready to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 “in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah (besides Mamre, in the land of Canaan) which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a burial possession.
31 “There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife. And there I buried Leah.
32 “The purchase of the field, and the cave that is therein, were bought from the children of Heth.”
33 Thus, Jacob finished giving charge to his sons and drew his feet into the bed and gave up the ghost and was gathered to his people.
29 So Jesus went away from there, and came near to the Sea of Galilee, and went up in a mountain and sat down there.
30 And great multitudes came to Him - having with them lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others - and cast them down at Jesus’ feet. And He healed them.
31 So much so that the multitude wondered to see the dumb speak, the maimed whole, the lame walk, and the blind see. And they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I have compassion on this multitude because they have remained with Me three days now and have had nothing to eat. And I will not let them depart fasting, lest they faint on the way.”
33 And His disciples said to Him, “From where would we get so much bread in the wilderness that would suffice so great a multitude?”
34 And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
35 Then He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36 And took the seven loaves, and the fish, and gave thanks; and broke them, and gave them to His disciples. And the disciples gave them to the multitude.
37 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the fragments that remained.
38 And those who had eaten (besides women and little children) were four thousand men.
39 Then Jesus sent away the multitude. And He took a ship and came into the region of Magdala.
16 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tempted Him, desiring Him to show them a sign from Heaven.
2 But He answered, and said to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘Fair weather, for the sky is red.’
3 And in the morning, ‘Storm today. For the sky is red and overcast.’ O, hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky. And can you not discern the signs of the times?
4 “The wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign. But there shall be no sign given it, except that sign of the Prophet Jonah.” So, He left them and departed.
5 And when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
6 Then Jesus said to them, “Watch, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have brought no bread.”
8 But Jesus, knowing it, said to them, “O, you of little faith. Why are you thinking among yourselves, ‘because you have brought no bread’?”
9 Do you still not perceive or remember the five loaves - when there were five thousand - and how many baskets did you take up;
10 “or the seven loaves - when there were four thousand - and how many baskets did you take up?
11 “How do you not understand that what I said to you was not concerning bread, but that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?”
12 Then they understood that He had not said that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
20 The LORD hear you on the day of trouble. The Name of the God of Jacob defend you;
2 send you help from the Sanctuary and strengthen you out of Zion.
3 Let Him remember all your offerings and turn your burnt offerings into ashes. Selah.
4 Grant you according to your heart and fulfill all your purpose,
5 so that we may rejoice in your salvation—and set up the banner in the Name of our God—when the LORD shall perform all your petitions.
6 Now I know that the LORD will help His anointed; and will hear him from His Sanctuary, by the mighty help of His right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses. But we will remember the Name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen. But we are risen and stand upright.
9 Save, LORD! Let the king hear us on the day that we call! To him who excels: A Psalm of David.
20 “My son, listen to my words. Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 “Do not let them depart from your eyes. But keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 “For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 “Keep your heart with all diligence. For out of it comes life.
24 “Put away from you a perverse mouth. And put wicked lips far from you.
25 “Let your eyes behold the right. And let your eyelids direct your way before you.
26 “Ponder the path of your feet. And let all your ways be ordered aright.
27 “Do not turn to the right hand or to the left. Remove your foot from evil.”
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