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After this Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is ill"; so he took with him his two sons, Manas'seh and E'phraim.
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And it was told to Jacob, "Your son Joseph has come to you"; then Israel 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 blessed me,
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and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.'
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And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; E'phraim and Manas'seh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
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And the offspring born to you after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
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For when I came from Paddan, Rachel to my sorrow died 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)."
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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, I pray you, that I may bless them."
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Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him; and he kissed them and embraced them.
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And Israel said to Joseph, "I had not thought to see your face; and lo, God has let me see your children also."