Genesis 48:3-5

New Catholic Bible

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.’

⁵ “Now the two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I arrived to be with you in Egypt are mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just like Reuben and Simeon.