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And this is the blessing which Jacob gave to Joseph’s sons; May that God, in whose presence my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, once lived and moved, that God who has guided me like a shepherd from my youth till now, (Genesis 48, 15)
Joseph took it amiss when he saw his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and would have raised it up from Ephraim’s to put it on Manasses’ instead; (Genesis 48, 17)
He said, too, to Joseph, I must die, but God be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers. (Genesis 48, 21)
Joseph grows upward, upward still, fair to view; see how the maidens pass to and fro on the city walls!✻ (Genesis 49, 22)
but his bow rests in the strength that does not fail him; the power of the God who rules in Jacob gives free play to hand and arm. From Joseph one shall arise, who will be the shepherd and the corner-stone of Israel. (Genesis 49, 24)
This blessing which thy father gives thee draws strength from all the blessings which his own fathers bequeathed; they shall not cease till he comes, whom the everlasting hills await. May they all rest on Joseph’s head, rest on his brow, who is separated, like a Nazirite, from his brethren. (Genesis 49, 26)
Joseph, when he saw this, threw himself down at his father’s side, weeping and covering his face with kisses. (Genesis 50, 1)
Then, when the time of mourning was over, Joseph said to Pharao’s courtiers, Do me a favour, and prefer this request of mine to Pharao. (Genesis 50, 4)
Joseph’s brethren too and all his household, except the children and the flocks and herds; these were left behind in the land of Gessen. (Genesis 50, 8)
And Joseph, when the funeral rites were done, went back to Egypt with his brethren and all his retinue. (Genesis 50, 14)
His brethren, now that their father was dead, grew afraid of Joseph; what if he should remember his wrongs, they asked one another, and punish us for our ill deeds? (Genesis 50, 15)
We were to say to thee in his name, Forget, I pray thee, the crime which thy brethren committed, the cruel wrong they did thee. And it is our prayer too that thou wouldst grant forgiveness to us, the servants of the God thy father served. Joseph wept upon hearing it; (Genesis 50, 17)
