2. And it was told to the old man, "Behold, your son Joseph is coming to you." And being strengthened, he sat up in bed.
3. And when he had entered to him, he said: "Almighty God appeared to me at Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me.
4. And he said: 'I will increase and multiply you, and I will make you influential among the people. And I will give this land to you, and to your offspring after you, as an everlasting possession.'
5. Therefore, your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came here to you, will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be treated by me just like Reuben and Simeon.
6. But the remainder, whom you will conceive after them, will be yours, and they will be called by the name of their brothers among their possessions.
7. As for me, when I came from Mesopotamia, Rachel died in the land of Canaan on the very journey, and it was springtime. And I entered Ephrath and buried her next to the way of Ephrath, which by another name is called Bethlehem."
8. Then, seeing his sons, he said to him: "Who are these?"
9. He responded, "They are my sons, whom God gave to me as a gift in this place." "Bring them to me," he said, "so that I may bless them."
10. For Israel's eyes were clouded by reason of his great age, and he was unable to see clearly. And when they were placed up against him, he kissed and embraced them.
11. And he said to his son: "I have not been cheated out of seeing you. Moreover, God has shown me your offspring."
12. And when Joseph had taken them from his father's lap, he reverenced prone on the ground.