Genesis 48:3-5

International Standard Version

³ Jacob reminded Joseph, “God Almighty revealed himself to me at Luz in Canaan and blessed me. ⁴ He told me, ‘Pay attention! I’m going to make you fruitful and numerous. I’m going to build you into a vast nation of people and then I’ll give this land to your descendants^[a] for an eternal possession.’ ⁵ You have two sons who were born to you in Egypt before I came to be with you, whom I now take as my own. Ephraim and Manasseh are mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are.