Genesis 48:1–7

Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh

48And it happened that after these things, it was said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is ill.” And he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim. ²And it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel strengthened himself and he sat up in the bed. ³Then Jacob said to Joseph, “El-Shaddai^a appeared to me in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, ⁴and said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and make you numerous, and will make you a company of nations. And I will give this land to your offspring after you as an everlasting possession.’ ⁵And now, your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt before my coming to you in Egypt, are mine. Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine as Reuben and Simeon are. ⁶And your children whom you father after them shall be yours. By the name of their brothers they shall be called, with respect to their inheritance. ⁷As for me, when I came from Paddan-Aram, Rachel died to my sorrow^b in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath. And I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”