Genesis 48:2–6 · BSB
48:2
When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
48:3
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
48:4
and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
48:5
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
48:6
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
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