{"id":751,"date":"2007-12-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2007\/12\/genesis-48104816.html"},"modified":"2007-12-17T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T01:00:00","slug":"genesis-48104816","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2007\/12\/genesis-48104816.html","title":{"rendered":"Genesis 48:10-48:16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now Israel’s eyes were dim with age; he could not see. So [Joseph] brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them. And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see you again, and here God has let me see your children as well.”
\nJoseph then removed them from his knees, and bowed low with his face to the ground. Joseph took the two of them, Ephraim with his right hand–to Israel’s left–and Manasseh with his left hand–to Israel’s right–and brought them close to him. But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head–thus crossing his hands–although Manasseh was the first-born. And he blessed Joseph, saying,
\n“The God in whose ways my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
\nThe God who has been my shepherd from my birth to this day–
\nThe Angel who has redeemed me from all harm–
\nBless the lads.
\nIn them may my name be recalled,
\nAnd the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,
\nAnd may they be teeming multitudes upon the earth.”
\nFrom Parshat VaYechi. From THE TANAKH: The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society. Used by permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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