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    "language": "en",
    "book": "genesis",
    "chapter": 48
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  "data": {
    "n": 48,
    "bookSlug": "genesis",
    "bookCode": "GEN",
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    "title": "Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh",
    "translation": null,
    "segments": [],
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "GEN-48:1",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.1",
        "text": "And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "GEN-48:2",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.2",
        "text": "And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "GEN-48:3",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.3",
        "text": "And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,"
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "GEN-48:4",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.4",
        "text": "and said unto 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."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "GEN-48:5",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.5",
        "text": "And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "GEN-48:6",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.6",
        "text": "And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "GEN-48:7",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.7",
        "text": "And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem)."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "GEN-48:8",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.8",
        "text": "And Israel beheld Joseph`s sons, and said, Who are these?"
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "GEN-48:9",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.9",
        "text": "And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "GEN-48:10",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.10",
        "text": "Now 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."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "GEN-48:11",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.11",
        "text": "And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "GEN-48:12",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.12",
        "text": "And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "GEN-48:13",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.13",
        "text": "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 unto him."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "GEN-48:14",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.14",
        "text": "And 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 first-born."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "GEN-48:15",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.15",
        "text": "And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,"
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "GEN-48:16",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.16",
        "text": "the angel who hath 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."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "GEN-48:17",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.17",
        "text": "And 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."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "GEN-48:18",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.18",
        "text": "And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "GEN-48:19",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.19",
        "text": "And 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: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "GEN-48:20",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.20",
        "text": "And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "GEN-48:21",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.21",
        "text": "And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "GEN-48:22",
        "verseRef": "Gen.48.22",
        "text": "Moreover 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."
      }
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