Genesis 48:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² When Jacob was told, “Behold your son Joseph is here for you,” Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.

³ Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, ⁴ saying to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful. I will multiply you and make you become a multitude of peoples, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as an eternal possession.’