Genesis 48 from Scroll 4Q1 Genesis-Exodusa
2 Someone told Jacob, and
said,
“Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and
sat on the bed. 3 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 multiply you, and I will make of you a company of
peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting
possession.’
[..]
15 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 to this day,
16 the
angel
who has 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.
Let
them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
17 When
Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand
on the head of Ephraim, it displeased
him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to
Manasseh’s head. 18 Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for
this is the firstborn. Put your right hand
on his head.”
19 His
father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a
people, and
he also will be
great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his
offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
20 He blessed them that day,
saying, “Israel will bless in you, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’ ” He
set Ephraim before Manasseh. 21 Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but
God will be with you, and bring you
again to the land of your fathers.
22 Moreover 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.”
Genesis
48 from Scroll 4Q6 Genesisf
1 After these things, someone said to
Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He
took with him his two sons,
Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened
himself, and sat on the
bed. 3 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 multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land
to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’ 5 Now
your two sons,
who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim
and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon,
will be mine. 6 Your issue, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after
the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
7 As for me, when I
came from Paddan, Rachel died by me
in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still
some distance to come to Ephrath, and I
buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”
8 Israel saw Joseph’s
sons, and said, “Who are these?”
9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has
given me here.”
He
said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.” 10 Now
the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that
he couldn’t see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them and
kissed them. 11 Israel said to
Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me
see your offspring also.”