Jacob recalls Luz, and takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own

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• GEN 48:1–12, engwebp

  ¹After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

  ²Someone told Jacob, and said, “Behold, your son Joseph comes to you,” and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.

  ³Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

  ⁴and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.’

  ⁵Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

  ⁶Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.

  ⁷As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).”

  ⁸Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?”

  ⁹Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”

  ¹⁰Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see well. Joseph brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

  ¹¹Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”

  ¹²Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

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