## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 48

###### Onkelos Genesis 48:1
[Onkelos Genesis 48:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:1)

וַהֲוָה בָּתַר פִּתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין וַאֲמַר לְיוֹסֵף הָא אֲבוּךְ **שְׁכִיב** מְרָע וּדְבַר יָת תְּרֵין בְּנוֹהִי עִמֵּיהּ יָת מְנַשֶּׁה וְיָת אֶפְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
After these events, someone said to Yoseif, Behold your father is [**lying**] ill. He took his two sons with him, Menasheh and Ephraim.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:2
[Onkelos Genesis 48:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:2)

וְחַוִּי לְיַעֲקֹב וַאֲמַר הָא בְּרָךְ יוֹסֵף אֲתָא לְוָתָךְ וְאַתְקַף יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיתֵיב עַל עַרְסָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
It was told to Yaakov, saying, Behold, your son, Yoseif, has come to you. Yisrael gathered his strength and sat up in bed.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:3
[Onkelos Genesis 48:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:3)

וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב לְיוֹסֵף אֵל שַׁדַּי **אִתְגְּלִי** לִי בְלוּז בְּאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן וּבָרִיךְ יָתִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov said to Yoseif, Almighty Shaddai appeared [**became revealed**] to me in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and He blessed me.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:4
[Onkelos Genesis 48:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:4)

וַאֲמַר לִי הָא אֲנָא מַפֵּישׁ לָךְ וְאַסְגִּנָּךְ וְאֶתְּנִנָּךְ לְכִנְשַׁת **שִׁבְטִין** וָאֶתֵּן יָת אַרְעָא הָדָא לִבְנָךְ בַּתְרָךְ אַחֲסָנַת עֲלָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you into an assembly of nations [**tribes**]. I will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:5
[Onkelos Genesis 48:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:5)

וּכְעַן תְּרֵין בְּנָךְ דְּאִתְיְלִידוּ לָךְ בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם עַד מֵיתִי לְוָתָךְ לְמִצְרַיִם דִּילִי אִנּוּן אֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה כִּרְאוּבֵן וְשִׁמְעוֹן יְהוֹן קֳדָמָי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you to Egypt, are mine. Ephraim and Menasheh, like Reuvein and Shimon, shall be mine [**before me**].


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:6
[Onkelos Genesis 48:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:6)

וּבְנָךְ דִּי תוֹלִיד בַּתְרֵיהוֹן דִּילָךְ יְהוֹן עַל שׁוּם אֲחוּהוֹן יִתְקְרוּן בְּאַחֲסַנְתְּהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But your progeny that will be born after them shall be yours. They shall be called by their brother’s name with regard to their inheritance.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:7
[Onkelos Genesis 48:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:7)

וַאֲנָא בְּמֵיתִי מִפַּדָּן מֵיתַת עֲלַי רָחֵל בְּאַרְעָא דִכְנַעַן בְּאָרְחָא בְּעוֹד כְּרוּבָא דְאַרְעָא לְמֵיעַל לְאֶפְרָת וּקְבָרִתַּהּ תַּמָּן בְּאֹרַח אֶפְרָת הִיא בֵּית לָחֶם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And I, when I came from Padan, Rochel died unto me in the land of Canaan, on the road, when there was yet a stretch of land, before coming to Ephros. I buried her there on the road to Ephros, which is Beis Lechem.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:8
[Onkelos Genesis 48:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:8)

וַחֲזָא יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף וַאֲמַר מַן אִלֵּין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yisrael saw Yoseif’s sons, and he said, Who are these?


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:9
[Onkelos Genesis 48:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:9)

וַאֲמַר יוֹסֵף לַאֲבוּהִי בְּנַי אִנּוּן דִּיהַב לִי יְיָ **הָכָא** וַאֲמַר **קָרֵבִנּוּן כְּעַן** לְוָתִי וְאֵבָרֵכִנּוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yoseif said to his father, These are my sons, whom Elohim has given me in this [place] [**here**]. He [Yaakov] said, Please Take [**Now bring**] them [**near**] to me, and I will bless them.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:10
[Onkelos Genesis 48:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:10)

וְעֵינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יְקָרָן מִסֵּיבוּ לָא יִכּוּל לְמֶחֱזֵי וְקָרִיב יָתְהוֹן לְוָתֵיהּ וְנַשִּׁיק לְהוֹן וְגַפִּיף לְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yisrael’s eyes were heavy with age, and he could not see. He [Yoseif] brought them near to him, and he kissed them and hugged them.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:11
[Onkelos Genesis 48:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:11)

וַאֲמַר יִשְׂרָאֵל לְיוֹסֵף לְמֶחֱזֵי אַפָּיךְ לָא סְבָרִית וְהָא אַחֲזִי יָתִי יְיָ אַף יָת בְּנָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yisrael said to Yoseif, I have never thought to see your face, and behold Elohim has even allowed me to see your offspring.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:12
[Onkelos Genesis 48:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:12)

וְאַפֵּיק יוֹסֵף יָתְהוֹן מִן **קֳדָמוֹהִי** וּסְגִיד עַל אַפּוֹהִי עַל אַרְעָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yoseif brought them out from between his knees [**before him**], and he prostrated himself with his face to the ground.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:13
[Onkelos Genesis 48:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:13)

וּדְבַר יוֹסֵף יָת תַּרְוֵיהוֹן יָת אֶפְרַיִם בִּימִינֵיהּ מִסְּמָאלָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְיָת מְנַשֶּׁה בִסְּמָאלֵיהּ מִימִינָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְקָרֵיב לְוָתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yoseif took the two [of them]—Ephraim in his right [hand], toward Yisrael’s left, and Menasheh in his left, toward Yisrael’s right—and he brought them near to him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:14
[Onkelos Genesis 48:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:14)

וְאוֹשִׁיט יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת יְמִינֵיהּ וְשַׁוִּי עַל רֵישָׁא דְאֶפְרַיִם וְהוּא זְעֵירָא וְיָת סְמָאלֵיהּ עַל רֵישָׁא דִמְנַשֶּׁה אַחְכִּימִנּוּן לִידוֹהִי אֲרֵי מְנַשֶּׁה בּוּכְרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yisrael stretched out his right [hand] and placed it on the head of Ephraim, [although] he was the younger, and his left [hand] on the head of Menasheh. He deliberately placed his hands so, even though Menasheh was the firstborn.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:15
[Onkelos Genesis 48:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:15)

וּבָרִיךְ יָת יוֹסֵף וַאֲמָר יְיָ דִּי **פְלָחוּ** אֲבָהָתַי קֳדָמוֹהִי אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק יְיָ **דְּזַן** יָתִי מִדְּאִיתָנִי עַד יוֹמָא הָדֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He blessed Yoseif and said, Elohim before whom my fathers walked [**served**], Avraham, and Yitzchok, Elohim who was my shepherd [**sustainer**] from my inception until this day—


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:16
[Onkelos Genesis 48:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:16)

מַלְאָכָא דִּי פְרַק יָתִי מִכָּל בִּישָׁא יְבָרֵךְ יָת עוּלֵימַיָּא וְיִתְקְרֵי בְהוֹן שְׁמִי וְשׁוּם אֲבָהָתַי אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק וּכְנוּנֵי **יַמָּא** יִסְגּוּן **בְּגוֹ בְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא עַל** אַרְעָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, should bless the lads, and let my name be called on them, together with the name of my fathers, Avraham and Yitzchok. May they be like fish [**of the sea**], multiplying within [**amongst people upon**] the land.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:17
[Onkelos Genesis 48:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:17)

וַחֲזָא יוֹסֵף אֲרֵי שַׁוִּי אָבוּהִי יַד יְמִינֵיהּ עַל רֵישָׁא דְאֶפְרַיִם וּבְאֵישׁ בְּעֵינוֹהִי וּסְעֵד יְדָא דְאָבוּהִי לְאַעֲדָאָה יָתַהּ מֵעַל רֵישָׁא דְאֶפְרַיִם לְאַנָּחוּתַהּ עַל רֵישָׁא דִמְנַשֶּׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yoseif saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, and it was bad in his eyes. He held up his fathers hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head [and to place it] on Menasheh’s head.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:18
[Onkelos Genesis 48:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:18)

וַאֲמַר יוֹסֵף לְאָבוּהִי לָא כֵן אַבָּא אֲרֵי דֵין בּוּכְרָא שַׁו יְמִינָךְ עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yoseif said to his father, Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn, place your right hand on his head.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:19
[Onkelos Genesis 48:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:19)

וְסָרֵיב אָבוּהִי וַאֲמַר יְדַעְנָא בְרִי יְדַעְנָא אַף הוּא יְהֵי לְעַמָּא וְאַף הוּא יִסְגֵּי וּבְרַם אָחוּהִי זְעִירָא יִסְגֵּי מִנֵּיהּ וּבְנוֹהִי יְהוֹן **שַׁלִּיטִין** בְּעַמְמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
His father refused, and he said, I know my son, I know. He too will become a people, he too will become great; however his younger brother will be greater than he, and [the fame] of his descendants will fill [**rule**] the nations.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:20
[Onkelos Genesis 48:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:20)

וּבְרֵיכִנּוּן בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא לְמֵימַר בָּךְ יְבָרֵךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵימַר יְשַׁוִּינָךְ יְיָ כְּאֶפְרַיִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁה וְשַׁוֵּי יָת אֶפְרַיִם קֳדָם מְנַשֶּׁה:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He blessed them on that day saying: Through you shall [the People of] Israel bless saying; May Elohim make you as Ephraim and Menasheh. He placed Ephraim ahead of Menasheh.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:21
[Onkelos Genesis 48:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:21)

וַאֲמַר יִשְׂרָאֵל לְיוֹסֵף הָא אֲנָא מָאִית וִיהֵי **מֵימְרָא** דַיְיָ **בְּסַעְדֵּכוֹן** וְיָתֵיב יָתְכוֹן לְאַרְעָא דַּאֲבָהַתְכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yisrael said to Yoseif, Behold I am dying. [**The Word of**] Elohim will be with you [**your support**], and He will bring you back to the land of your fathers.


###### Onkelos Genesis 48:22
[Onkelos Genesis 48:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/48:22)

וַאֲנָא יְהָבִית לָךְ חוּלַק חַד יַתִּיר עַל אַחָיךְ דִּי נְסֵיבִית מִידָא דֶאֱמוֹרָאָה **בִּצְלוֹתִי** **וּבְבָעוּתִי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I have given you one share more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword [**prayer**] and with my bow [**plea**].