Genesis 48:4-6

Expanded Bible

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]. ⁶ But if you have other children, they will be your own, and ·their land will be part of the land given to Ephraim and Manasseh [^Lthey will be recorded according to the name of their brothers in regard to their inheritance].