A   After these deades it happened, þt; a messa&ubar;ger sayde vnto Ioseph: thy father is sycke. And he toke &wt; him his .ii. sonnes, Manasses ∧ Ephraim. Then was it sayd vnto Iacob: beholde, thy sonne Ioseph c&obar;meth vnto the. And Israel toke his str&ebar;gth vnto hym, ∧ satt vp on the bedd, ∧ Iacob sayde vnto Ioseph: God allmyghtie apeared vnto me at ^note Lus in the lande of Canaan, ∧ blessed me, ∧ sayde vnto me: beholde, I wyll make the growe, ∧ wyll multiplye the, ∧ wyll make a great ^note nombre of people of the, and wyll geue thys land vnto thy seed after the vnto an euerlastyng possessy&obar;. And now thy .ii. sonnes Manasses ∧ Ephraim which were borne vnto the in þe; lande of Egypte, before I came to the in to Egypte, are myne: eu&ebar; as Ruben ∧ Syme&obar; are myne. And the children which thou hast gotten after th&ebar;, shalbe thyne awne: ∧ shalbe called after the names of theyr brethr&ebar; in theyr enheritaunce. B   And whan I came from Mesopotamia, Rahel ^note dyed vpon my h&abar;d in the lande of Canaan, by the waye: when ther was but a feldes brede to come vnto Ephrat. And I buryed her there in þe; waye to Ephrat. The same is Bethlehem.

And Israel behelde Iosephs sonnes and sayde: what are these? Ioseph sayd vnto his father: they are my sonnes which God hathe geu&ebar; me here. And he sayde: oh, brynge them to me, ∧ let me blesse th&ebar;. And the eyes of Israel were dymme for age, so þt; he coulde not well see. And he broughte them to hym, and he kyssed them and embraced them. And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph: I had not thought to haue sene thy face, &abar;d yet loo, God hath shewed it me and also thy seed. C   And Ioseph toke them awaye from his lappe, ∧ worshypped on the grounde before hym.

Than toke Ioseph them both: Ephraim with his ryghte hande towarde Israels left h&abar;de, ∧ Manasses &wt; hys left h&abar;de, towarde

Ioseph Israels ryghte hande, ∧ brought them vnto hym. And Israel stretched out hys ryghte hande ∧ &rhand; layde it vpon Ephraims heade which was the yonger, ∧ hys lyfte h&abar;de vp&obar; Manasses heed, gydinge hys handes wysely, for Manasses was the elder. And he blessed Ioseph ∧ sayde: God, before whome my fathers Abraham ∧ Isahac dyd walke, God whych hath fedd me all my lyfe longe vnto thys daye, And the angell whych hath delyuered me from all euyll, blesse these laddes: ∧ let my name be named in them, ∧ the name of my fathers Abrah&abar; ∧ Isahac, ∧ that they maye growe into a multitude in the myddes of the erth.

When Ioseph sawe that hys father layde hys ryghte h&abar;de vpon þe; heade of Ephraim, it displeased him. And he lyfte vp his fathers hande, to haue remoued it from Ephraims heade vnto Manasses heade, ∧ Ioseph sayde vnto hys father: Not so my father, for thys is the eldest. D   Put thy ryght hande vpon hys heade. And hys father wolde not, but sayde: I knowe it well my sonne, I knowe it well. He shalbe also a people ∧ shalbe great. But hys yonger brother shalbe greatter than he, and hys seed shall be full of people. And he blessed them that daye and sayde: In the let Israel blesse ∧ saye: God make þe; as Ephraim and as Manasses. And sett Ephraim before Manasses.

And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph: beholde, I dye. And God shalbe wyth you and brynge you agayne vnto þe; l&abar;de of youre fathers. Moreouer I haue geuen vnto the, a porcy&obar; of ^note lande aboue thy brethren, which I gatt out of the h&abar;de of the Amorite in my swerde and in my bowe.

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