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and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’
“Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
As I was returning from Paddan,b to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road 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).
Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.
But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though 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.
Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
the Angel who has delivered me from all harm — may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on 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 his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of 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 too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group 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.
He blessed them that day and said, “In yourc name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ ” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.