3. Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me in Luz in the land of Canaan. He blessed me
4. and said to me, ‘I am about to give you many children, to increase your numbers, and to make you a large group of peoples. I will give this land to your descendants following you as an enduring possession.’
5. Now, your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I arrived in Egypt are my own. Ephraim and Manasseh are just like Reuben and Simeon to me.
6. Your family who is born to you after them are yours, but their inheritance will be determined under their brothers’ names.
7. When I came back from Paddan-aram, Rachel died, to my sorrow, on the road in the land of Canaan, with some distance yet to go to Ephrathah, so I buried her there near the road to Ephrathah, which is Bethlehem."
8. When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, "Who are these?"