Comparison
Genesis 48
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
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| 1 | After these things, it was told Joseph that his father was sick: and he set out to go to him, taking his two sons Manasses and Ephraim. | His ita transactis, nuntiatum est Ioseph quod aegrotaret pater suus: qui, assumptis duobus filiis Manasse et Ephraim, ire perrexit. |
| 2 | And it was told the old man: Behold thy son Joseph cometh to thee. And being strengthened he sat on his bed. | Dictumque est seni: Ecce filius tuus Ioseph venit ad te. Qui confortatus sedit in lectulo. |
| 3 | And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God Almighty appeared to me at Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan: and he blessed me, | Et ingresso ad se ait: Deus omnipotens apparuit mihi in Luza, quae est in terra Chanaan: benedixitque mihi, |
| 4 | And he said: I will cause thee to increase and multiply, and I will make of thee a multitude of people: and I will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. | et ait: Ego te augebo et multiplicabo, et faciam te in turbas populorum: daboque tibi terram hanc, et semini tuo post te in possessionem sempiternam. |
| 5 | So thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came hither to thee, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasses shall be reputed to me as Ruben and Simeon. | Duo ergo filii tui, qui nati sunt tibi in terra Aegypti antequam huc venirem ad te, mei erunt: Ephraim et Manasses, sicut Ruben et Simeon reputabuntur mihi. |
| 6 | But the rest whom thou shalt have after them, shall be thine, and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions. | Reliquos autem quos genueris post eos, tui erunt, et nomine fratrum suorum vocabuntur in possessionibus suis. |
| 7 | For, when I came out of Mesopotamia, Rachel died from me in the land of Chanaan in the very journey, and it was springtime: and I was going to Ephrata, and I buried her near the way of Ephrata, which by another name is called Bethlehem. | Mihi enim, quando veniebam de Mesopotamia, mortua est Rachel in terra Chanaan in ipso itinere, eratque vernum tempus: et ingrediebar Ephratam, et sepelivi eam iuxta viam Ephratae, quae alio nomine appellatur Bethlehem. |
| 8 | Then seeing his sons, he said to him: Who are these? | Videns autem filios eius dixit ad eum: Qui sunt isti? |
| 9 | He answered: They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring them to me that I may bless them. | Respondit: Filii mei sunt, quos donavit mihi Deus in hoc loco. Adduc, inquit, eos ad me, ut benedicam illis. |
| 10 | For Israel’s eyes were dim by reason of his great age, and he could not see clearly. And when they were brought to him, he kissed and embraced them. | Oculi enim Israël caligabant prae nimia senectute, et clare videre non poterat. Applicitosque ad se, deosculatus et circumplexus eos, |
| 11 | And said to his son: I am not deprived of seeing thee: moreover God hath showed me thy seed. | dixit ad filium suum: Non sum fraudatus aspectu tuo: insuper ostendit mihi Deus semen tuum. |
| 12 | And when Joseph had taken them from his father’s lap, he bowed down with his face to the ground. | Cumque tulisset eos Ioseph de gremio patris, adoravit pronus in terram. |
| 13 | And he set Ephraim on his right hand, that is, towards the left hand of Israel; but Manasses on his left hand, to wit, towards his father’s right hand, and brought them near to him. | Et posuit Ephraim ad dexteram suam, id est, ad sinistram Israël: Manassen vero in sinistra sua, ad dexteram scilicet patris, applicuitque ambos ad eum. |
| 14 | But he stretching forth his right hand, put it upon the head of Ephraim the younger brother; and the left upon the head of Manasses who was the elder, changing his hands. | Qui extendens manum dexteram, posuit super caput Ephraim minoris fratris: sinistram autem super caput Manasse qui maior natu erat, commutans manus. |
| 15 | And Jacob blessed the sons of Joseph, and said: God, in whose sight my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, God that feedeth me from my youth until this day; | Benedixitque Iacob filiis Ioseph, et ait: Deus, in cuius conspectu ambulaverunt patres mei Abraham, et Isaac; Deus qui pascit me ab adolescentia mea usque in praesentem diem: |
| 16 | The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham, and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth. | angelus, qui eruit me de cunctis malis, benedicat pueris istis: et invocetur super eos nomen meum, nomina quoque patrum meorum Abraham et Isaac, et crescant in multitudinem super terram. |
| 17 | And Joseph seeing that his father had put his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, was much displeased: and taking his father’s hand he tried to lift it from Ephraim’s head, and to remove it to the head of Manasses. | Videns autem Ioseph quod posuisset pater suus dexteram manum super caput Ephraim, graviter accepit: et apprehensam manum patris levare conatus est de capite Ephraim, et transferre super caput Manasse. |
| 18 | And he said to his father: It should not be so, my father: for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head. | Dixitque ad patrem: Non ita convenit, pater: quia hic est primogenitus, pone dexteram tuam super caput eius. |
| 19 | But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become peoples, and shall be multiplied: but this younger brother shall be greater than he: and his seed shall grow into nations. | Qui renuens, ait: Scio, fili mi, scio: et iste quidem erit in populos, et multiplicabitur: sed frater eius minor, maior erit illo: et semen illius crescet in gentes. |
| 20 | And he blessed them at that time, saying: In thee shall Israel be blessed, and it shall be said: God do to thee as to Ephraim, and as to Manasses. And he set Ephraim before Manasses. | Benedixitque eis in tempore illo, dicens: In te benedicetur Israël, atque dicetur: Faciat tibi Deus sicut Ephraim, et sicut Manasse. Constituitque Ephraim ante Manassen. |
| 21 | And he said to Joseph his son: Behold I die, and God will be with you, and will bring you back into the land of your fathers. | Et ait ad Ioseph filium suum: En ego morior, et erit Deus vobiscum, reducetque vos ad terram patrum vestrorum. |
| 22 | I give thee a portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorrhite with my sword and bow. | Do tibi partem unam extra fratres tuos, quam tuli de manu Amorrhaei in gladio et arcu meo. |
