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After this Joseph was told, "Your father is ill." So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," he summoned his strength and sat up in bed.
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And Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me,
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and said to me, "I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers; I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your offspring after you for a perpetual holding.'
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Therefore your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are now mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are.
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As for the offspring born to you after them, they shall be yours. They shall be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.
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For when I came from Paddan, Rachel, alas, died in the land of Canaan on the way, while there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem).
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When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?"
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Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." And he said, "Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them."
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Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, and he could not see well. So Joseph brought them near him; and he kissed them and embraced them.
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Israel said to Joseph, "I did not expect to see your face; and here God has let me see your children also."