Joseph Visits Jacob; The Adoption Declared

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Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.

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Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

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and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’

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And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

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Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.

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Now as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

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When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”

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Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”

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Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

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“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”

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