Genesis 48:2-4

Expanded Bible

² When Joseph arrived, someone told Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to see you.” ·Jacob [^LIsrael; another name for Jacob; 32:28] ·was weak, so he ·used all [^Lsummoned] his strength and sat up on his bed.

³ Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz [^Canother name for Bethel] in the land of Canaan and blessed me there [28:19; 35:9–15]. ⁴ He said to me, ‘I will ·give you many children [^Lmake you fruitful and multiply you; 1:28]. I will make you ·the father [^La company; an assembly] of many peoples, and I will give your ·descendants [^Lseed] this land ·forever [as a permanent possession].’