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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.’
And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
As for me, when I came from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distanceb to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
Когда я возвращался из Паддана,229 Рахиль, к горю моему, умерла в земле Ханаана, когда мы были еще в пути, недалеко от Ефрафы. Поэтому я похоронил ее там, у дороги в Ефрафу (то есть Вифлеем).
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 him.
And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn).
Но Израиль протянул правую руку и возложил ее на голову Ефрема, хотя он и был младше, а левую, перекрестив руки, он возложил на голову Манассии, хотя Манассия был первенцем.
And he blessed Joseph and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitudec in the midst of the earth.”
Ангел, Который берег меня от всякого зла, — да благословит этих детей. Пусть продолжится в них мое имя и имена моих отцов Авраама и Исаака, и пусть многочисленно будет их потомство на земле.
When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
Когда Иосиф увидел, что отец возложил правую руку на голову Ефрема, он огорчился и взял отца за руку, чтобы переложить ее с головы Ефрема на голову Манассии.
But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multituded of nations.”
Но отец отказался и сказал: — Я знаю, мой сын, я знаю. От него тоже произойдет народ, и он тоже станет велик. Но его младший брат будет выше него, и его потомки станут множеством народов.
So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slopee that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”