Genesis 48

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1 Depois disso, vieram anunciar a José: "Teu pai está doente." Tomou então com ele seus dois filhos, Manassés e Efraim.	1 After these things were done, it was reported to Joseph that his father was sick. And taking his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim, he went directly to him.
2 Jacó foi avisado disso: "Eis, disseram-lhe, que o teu filho José vem te ver". Israel, reunindo suas forças, assentou-se no seu leito.	2 And it was told to the old man, “Behold, your son Joseph is coming to you.” And being strengthened, he sat up in bed.
3 E disse a José: "O Deus todo-poderoso apareceu-me em Luz, na terra de Canaã, e abençoou-me.	3 And when he had entered to him, he said: “Almighty God appeared to me at Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me.
4 Disse-me: Eu te tornarei fecundo e te multiplicarei até fazer de ti uma assembléia de povos, e darei esta terra à tua posteridade em possessão eterna.	4 And he said: ‘I will increase and multiply you, and I will make you influential among the people. And I will give this land to you, and to your offspring after you, as an everlasting possession.’
5 Agora, os dois filhos que te nasceram no Egito antes que eu viesse para junto de ti, são meus filhos: Efraim e Manassés são meus, com o mesmo título que Rubem e Simeão.	5 Therefore, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came here to you, will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be treated by me just like Reuben and Simeon.
6 Os filhos, porém, que tiveste depois deles, são teus: é conforme o nome de seus irmãos que eles terão parte na repartição da herança.	6 But the remainder, whom you will conceive after them, will be yours, and they will be called by the name of their brothers among their possessions.
7 Quando eu voltava de Padã, tua mãe Raquel morreu em caminho, perto de mim, na terra de Canaã, a alguma distância de Efrata; foi ali que a enterrei, no caminho de Efrata, hoje Belém."	7 As for me, when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the very journey, and it was springtime. And I entered Ephrath and buried her next to the way of Ephrath, which by another name is called Bethlehem.”
8 Israel viu os filhos de José e disse: "Quem são estes?"	8 Then, seeing his sons, he said to him: “Who are these?”
9 "São, respondeu José, os filhos que Deus me deu aqui". "Faze-os aproximarem-se, para que eu os abençoe".	9 He responded, “They are my sons, whom God gave to me as a gift in this place.” “Bring them to me,” he said, “so that I may bless them.”
10 Os olhos de Israel tinham-se enfraquecido tanto pela idade, que já não podia ver. José fê-los aproximarem-se dele e Israel, tomando-os em seus braços, beijou-os.	10 For Israel’s eyes were clouded by reason of his great age, and he was unable to see clearly. And when they were placed up against him, he kissed and embraced them.
11 Depois disse a José: "Não esperava mais rever-te, e eis que Deus me fez ver teus filhos".	11 And he said to his son: “I have not been cheated out of seeing you. Moreover, God has shown me your offspring.”
12 José tirou-os dos joelhos de seu pai e prostrou-se com o rosto por terra.	12 And when Joseph had taken them from his father’s lap, he reverenced prone on the ground.
13 Tomou depois os dois, Efraim pela mão direita, para colocá-lo à esquerda de Israel, e Manassés pela mão esquerda, para colocá-lo à direita de Israel, e fê-los aproximarem-se.	13 And he placed Ephraim on his right, that is, towards the left hand of Israel. Yet truly Manasseh was on his left, namely, towards his father’s right hand. And he placed them both up against him.
14 Mas Israel estendeu a mão direita e pô-la sobre a cabeça de Efraim, o caçula, e a mão esquerda sobre a cabeça de Manassés. Cruzou assim as mãos {porque Manassés era o primogênito}.	14 And he, extending his right hand, placed it over the head of Ephraim, the younger brother, but the left hand was on the head of Manasseh, who was the elder, so that his hands were crossed.
15 Israel abençoou José, dizendo: "O Deus em cujo caminho andaram meus pais Abraão e Isaac, o Deus que tem sido o meu pastor durante toda a minha vida até este dia,	15 And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and he said: “God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God who pastured me from my youth until the present day,
16 o anjo que me guardou de todo o mal, abençoe estes meninos! Seja perpetuado neles o meu nome e o de meus pais Abraão e Isaac, e multipliquem-se abundantemente nesta terra!"	16 the Angel, who rescues me from all evils: bless these boys. And let my name be invoked over them, and also the names of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. And may they increase into a multitude across the earth.”
17 Vendo José que seu pai tinha colocado a mão direita sobre a cabeça de Efraim, contrariou-se e tomou a mão de seu pai para removê-la da cabeça de Efraim para a cabeça de Manassés.	17 But Joseph, seeing that his father had placed his right hand over the head of Ephraim, took it gravely. And grasping his father’s hand, he tried to lift it from Ephraim’s head and transfer it onto the head of Manasseh.
18 E disse-lhe: "Não assim, meu pai; é este aqui o primogênito; põe tua mão direita sobre sua cabeça".	18 And he said to his father: “It should not have come to pass this way, father. For this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand over his head.”
19 Seu pai, porém, recusou: "Eu sei, meu filho, disse ele, eu sei. Ele também se tornará um povo e será grande; mas seu irmão mais novo crescerá mais do que ele e sua posteridade tornar-se-á uma multidão de nações".	19 But refusing, he said: “I know, my son, I know. And this one, indeed, will be among the people and will be multiplied. But his younger brother will be greater than he. And his offspring will increase among the nations.”
20 Abençoou-os, pois, naquele dia, e disse: "Israel vos nomeará em suas bênçãos; dir-se-á: Deus te torne semelhante a Efraim e a Manassés". Foi assim que ele pôs Efraim na frente de Manassés.	20 And he blessed them at that time, saying: “In you, Israel will be blessed, and it will be said: ‘May God treat you like Ephraim, and like Manasseh.’ ” And he established Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Israel disse a José: "Vou morrer. Mas Deus estará convosco e vos reconduzirá à terra de vossos pais.	21 And he said to his son Joseph: “See, I am dying, and God will be with you, and he will lead you back to the land of your fathers.
22 Dou-te a mais que teus irmãos, uma porção que conquistei aos amorreus com minha espada e meu arco".	22 I give you one part beyond that of your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”