Declaration

Jacob blesses Manasseh and Ephraim
Genesis 48:8-22
And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”

And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place.”

And he said, “Bring them, I pray, to me, and I will bless them.”

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face: and, lo, God has shewed me also your seed.”

And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. And 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. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said, “God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long to this day. The Angel which 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; and let them grow into a multitude in the middle of the earth.”

And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: 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 firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.”

And his father refused, and said, “I know it, my son, I know it. He also will become a people, and he also will be great: but truly his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations.”

And he blessed them that day, saying, “In you will Israel bless, saying, ‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.'”

And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers. Moreover I have given to you 1 portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”

Jacob blesses the rest of his grandsons
Jasher 56:6
And Jacob said, “Call all your children to me. “

And all the children of Jacob’s sons came and sat before him, and Jacob blessed them, and he said to them, “The Lord God of your fathers will grant you 1,000 times as much and bless you, and may he give you the blessing of your father Abraham.”

And all the children of Jacob’s sons went forth on that day after he had blessed them.

Jacob calls his sons to him
Genesis 49:1-2, Jasher 56:7
And on the next day Jacob called to his sons, and Jacob said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and listen to Israel your father.”

And Jacob on that day blessed his sons before his death, each man did he bless according to his blessing; behold it is written in the book of the law of the Lord appertaining to Israel.

Jacob prophesies over Reuben
Genesis 49:3-4
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. Unstable as water, you will not excel; because you went up to your father’s bed; then defiled it: he went up to my couch.”

Jacob prophesies over Simeon and Levi
Genesis 49:5-7
“Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, be not united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they tore down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.”

Jacob prophesies over Judah
Genesis 49:8-12, Jasher 56:8-9
“Judah, you are he whom your brothers will praise. Your hand will be in the neck of your enemies. Your father’s children will bow down before you. Only teach your sons the bow and all the weapons of war, in order that they may fight the battles of their brother who will rule over his enemies. Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, you are gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who will rouse him up? The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and to him will the gathering of the people be. Binding his foal to the vine, and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine. He washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes. His eyes will be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.”

Jacob prophesies over Zebulun
Genesis 49:13
“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea; and he will be for an haven of ships; and his border will be to Zidon.”

Jacob prophesies over Issachar
Genesis 49:14-15
“Issachar is a strong donkey couching down between 2 burdens. And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute.”

Jacob prophesies over Dan
Genesis 49:16-18
“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan will be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels, so that his rider will fall backward. I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.”

Jacob prophesies over Gad
Genesis 49:19
“Gad, a troop will overcome him: but he will overcome at the last.”

Jacob prophesies over Asher
Genesis 49:20
“Out of Asher his bread will be fat, and he will yield royal dainties.”

Jacob prophesies over Naphtali
Genesis 49:21
“Naphtali is a hind let loose: he gives goodly words.”

Jacob prophesies over Joseph
Genesis 49:22-26
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him, but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel. Even by the God of your father, who will help you; and by the Almighty, who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brothers.”

Jacob prophesies over Benjamin
Genesis 49:27
“Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey, and at night he will divide the spoil.”

Jacob finishes blessing his sons
Genesis 49:28, Jubilees 45:14
And Israel blessed his 12 sons before he died, the 12 tribes of Israel, and told them everything that would befall them in the land of Egypt; and he made known to them what would come upon them in the last days, and blessed them and gave to Joseph 2 portions in the land.