Genesis 48:3-5

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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].’ ⁵ Your two sons, who were born here in Egypt before I came, will be counted as my own sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will be my sons just as Reuben and Simeon are my sons [^Chis two oldest children].