15 Then he blessed(A) Joseph and said,

“May the God before whom my fathers
    Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully,(B)
the God who has been my shepherd(C)
    all my life to this day,
16 the Angel(D) who has delivered me from all harm(E)
    —may he bless(F) these boys.(G)
May they be called by my name
    and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,(H)
and may they increase greatly
    on the earth.”(I)

17 When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand(J) on Ephraim’s head(K) he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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15 他祝福約瑟,說:

“願我祖亞伯拉罕和以撒所侍候的 神,

一生牧養我直到今日的 神,

16 那救我脫離一切禍患的使者,賜福給這兩個童子。

願我的名,我祖亞伯拉罕和以撒的名,藉著他們得以流傳;

願他們在地上生養眾多。”

17 約瑟見他父親把右手按在以法蓮的頭上,心裡就不高興,於是拿住他父親的手,要從以法蓮的頭上移到瑪拿西的頭上。

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