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and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
But as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance 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 with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him.
Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, 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.
The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude 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.
Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand to remove 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; but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude 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 bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!’ ” And thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.