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And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.

And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put your right hand on his head.

And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

And Jacob called to his sons, and said: gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes: And to him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

Binding his foal to the vine, And his donkey's colt to the choice vine; He has washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes:

His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border shall be on Sidon.

And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became slave labor.

Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward.

Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.

Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.

But his bow remained firm, and the arms of his hands were agile, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Israel's shepherd and rock,

The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors To the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brothers.

there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah:

And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered to his people.

And Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him.

And Joseph commanded his slaves the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the slaves of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,