When [a]it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel [b]collected his strength and sat [c]up in the bed. Then Jacob said to Joseph, “[d](A)God Almighty appeared to me at (B)Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your [e]descendants after you as (C)an everlasting possession.’

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:2 Lit one told Jacob and said
  2. Genesis 48:2 Lit strengthened himself
  3. Genesis 48:2 Lit upon the bed
  4. Genesis 48:3 Heb El Shaddai
  5. Genesis 48:4 Lit seed

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