Genesis · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Genesis 48 Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Includes the books not found in the Hebrew Bible (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, 1–3 Maccabees, 2 and 3 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh), as in the Synodal editions.
1 После того Иосифу сказали: вот, отец твой болен. И он взял с собою двух сынов своих, Манассию и Ефрема [и пошел к Иакову].
1 After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 Иакова известили и сказали: вот, сын твой Иосиф идет к тебе. Израиль собрал силы свои и сел на постели.
2 Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
3 И сказал Иаков Иосифу: Бог Всемогущий явился мне в Лузе, в земле Ханаанской, и благословил меня,
3 Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4 и сказал мне: вот, Я распложу тебя, и размножу тебя, и произведу от тебя множество народов, и дам землю сию потомству твоему после тебя, в вечное владение.
4 and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’
5 И ныне два сына твои, родившиеся тебе в земле Египетской, до моего прибытия к тебе в Египет, мои они; Ефрем и Манассия, как Рувим и Симеон, будут мои;
5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
6 дети же твои, которые родятся от тебя после них, будут твои; они под именем братьев своих будут именоваться в их уделе.
6 Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
7 Когда я шел из Месопотамии, умерла у меня Рахиль [мать твоя] в земле Ханаанской, по дороге, не доходя несколько до Ефрафы, и я похоронил ее там на дороге к Ефрафе, что ныне Вифлеем.
7 As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”
8 И увидел Израиль сыновей Иосифа и сказал: кто это?
8 Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”
9 И сказал Иосиф отцу своему: это сыновья мои, которых Бог дал мне здесь. [Иаков] сказал: подведи их ко мне, и я благословлю их.
9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”
10 Глаза же Израилевы притупились от старости; не мог он видеть ясно. Иосиф подвел их к нему, и он поцеловал их и обнял их.
10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see well. Joseph brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 И сказал Израиль Иосифу: не надеялся я видеть твое лице; но вот, Бог показал мне и детей твоих.
11 Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”
12 И отвел их Иосиф от колен его и поклонился ему лицем своим до земли.
12 Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
13 И взял Иосиф обоих [сыновей своих], Ефрема в правую свою руку против левой Израиля, а Манассию в левую против правой Израиля, и подвел к нему.
13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near to him.
14 Но Израиль простер правую руку свою и положил на голову Ефрему, хотя сей был меньший, а левую на голову Манассии. С намерением положил он так руки свои, хотя Манассия был первенец.
14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 И благословил Иосифа и сказал: Бог, пред Которым ходили отцы мои Авраам и Исаак, Бог, пасущий меня с тех пор, как я существую, до сего дня,
15 He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
16 Ангел, избавляющий меня от всякого зла, да благословит отроков сих; да будет на них наречено имя мое и имя отцов моих Авраама и Исаака, и да возрастут они во множество посреди земли.
16 the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
17 И увидел Иосиф, что отец его положил правую руку свою на голову Ефрема; и прискорбно было ему это. И взял он руку отца своего, чтобы переложить ее с головы Ефрема на голову Манассии,
17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
18 и сказал Иосиф отцу своему: не так, отец мой, ибо это — первенец; положи на его голову правую руку твою.
18 Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
19 Но отец его не согласился и сказал: знаю, сын мой, знаю; и от него произойдет народ, и он будет велик; но меньший его брат будет больше его, и от семени его произойдет многочисленный народ.
19 His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
20 И благословил их в тот день, говоря: тобою будет благословлять Израиль, говоря: Бог да сотворит тебе, как Ефрему и Манассии. И поставил Ефрема выше Манассии.
20 He blessed them that day, saying, “Israel will bless in your name, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh’” He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 И сказал Израиль Иосифу: вот, я умираю; и Бог будет с вами и возвратит вас в землю отцов ваших;
21 Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
22 я даю тебе, преимущественно пред братьями твоими, один участок, который я взял из рук Аморреев мечом моим и луком моим.
22 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Ephraim
Joseph's younger son, given the greater blessing by Jacob.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 41:52; 48
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Joseph
Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 37; 39–50
Manasseh
Joseph's elder son, whose descendants formed a tribe on both sides of the Jordan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 41:51; 48
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 46:20; Genesis 41:50–52; Genesis 50:23; Psalm 128:6; John 11:3
- 2 1 Samuel 23:16; Deuteronomy 3:28; Ephesians 6:10; Proverbs 23:15; Psalm 41:3
- 3 Genesis 35:9–12; Genesis 17:1; Exodus 6:3; Genesis 28:3; Genesis 28:12–19
- 4 Genesis 17:8; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 28:3; Genesis 28:13–15; Amos 9:14–15
- 5 Genesis 41:50–52; Genesis 46:20; Joshua 14:4; 1 Chronicles 5:1–2; Joshua 13:7
- 6 Joshua 14:4
- 7 Matthew 2:18; Genesis 35:16–19; Genesis 35:9; Genesis 25:20; Ruth 1:2
- 9 Genesis 27:4; Genesis 33:5; Hebrews 11:21; 1 Samuel 1:27; Genesis 49:28
- 10 Genesis 27:1; Genesis 27:27; Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 59:1; 1 Samuel 3:2
- 11 Ephesians 3:20; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 37:35; Genesis 42:36; Genesis 37:33
- 12 Genesis 42:6; Genesis 33:3; 1 Kings 2:19; Ephesians 6:1; Exodus 34:8
- 14 Genesis 41:51; Numbers 8:10; Deuteronomy 34:9; Acts 6:6; Genesis 48:18
- 15 Genesis 17:1; Genesis 48:16; Colossians 2:6; Matthew 6:25–34; Hebrews 11:21
- 16 Psalm 34:22; 2 Timothy 4:18; Genesis 28:13–15; Genesis 49:22; Genesis 48:5
- 17 Genesis 48:14; Romans 9:7–8; 1 Kings 16:25; 1 Chronicles 21:7; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 18 Genesis 49:3; Genesis 27:15; Acts 11:8; Matthew 25:9; Genesis 19:18
- 19 Numbers 1:33–35; Deuteronomy 33:17; Genesis 25:28; Genesis 48:14; Genesis 17:20–21
- 20 Ruth 4:11–12; Genesis 28:3; Genesis 24:60; Numbers 7:48; Numbers 2:18–21
- 21 Genesis 46:4; Genesis 50:24; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 26:3; Hebrews 7:23–25
- 22 John 4:5; Joshua 24:32; 1 Chronicles 5:2; Judges 11:23; Genesis 34:28
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… heart, in the persons of his own sons, threw light upon the races of the future people, presignified in them; and laid his hands, mystically crossed, upon his grandchildren by Joseph, not as their father, looking outwardly, corrected them, but as he himself distinguished them. This is the light, the only one, and all those who see and love it …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
He also shall become a people, and he also shall be exalted; but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations." And these two promises show the same thing.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… Jacob even, the father of so many children, made his grandchildren, the sons of Joseph, his own children, in these words: "These too shall be mine, and they shall receive the land with their brethren, and those which thou begettest after them shall be thine." But it will be said, perhaps, that this word "adoption" is not found in the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)