Genesis 48:3-5

International Children’s Bible

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.’ ⁵ Your two sons were born here in Egypt before I came. They will be counted as my own sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will be my sons just as Reuben and Simeon are my sons.