5. “So your two sons, who were born in Egypt before I came here, are my sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.
6. Any other children you have after them will be yours. They will inherit the land listed under their brothers’ names.
7. As I was coming back from Paddan, Rachel died in Canaan when we were still some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).
8. When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are they?”
9. “They are my sons, whom God has given me here in Egypt,” Joseph answered his father.Then Israel said, “Please bring them to me so that I may bless them.”