Genesis 48:3-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty^(A) appeared to me at Luz^(B) in the land of Canaan and blessed me. ⁴ He said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful and numerous; I will make many nations come from you, and I will give this land as an eternal possession^(C) to your future descendants.’^{(D) 5} Your two sons^(E) born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine.^(F) Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.