Genesis 48:2-4

International Children’s Bible

² When Joseph arrived, someone told Jacob, also called Israel, “Your son Joseph has come to see you.” Jacob was weak. So he used all his strength and sat up on his bed.

³ Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God All-Powerful appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan. God blessed me there. ⁴ He said to me, ‘I will give you many children. I will make you the father of many peoples. And I will give your descendants this land forever.’