Joseph Visits Jacob; The Adoption Declared

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Awhile later someone told Yosef that his father was ill. He took with him his two sons, M'nasheh and Efrayim.

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Ya'akov was told, "Here comes your son Yosef."Isra'el gathered his strength and sat up in bed.

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Ya'akov said to Yosef, "El Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Kena'an and blessed me,

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saying to me, 'I will make you fruitful and numerous. I will make of you a group of peoples; and I will give this land to your descendants to possess forever.'

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Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Efrayim and M'nasheh will be as much mine as Re'uven and Shim'on are.

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The children born to you after them will be yours, but for purposes of inheritance they are to be counted with their older brothers.

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"Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died suddenly, as we were traveling through the land of Kena'an, while we were still some distance from Efrat; so I buried her there on the way to Efrat (also known as Beit-Lechem)."

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Then Isra'el noticed Yosef's sons and asked, "Whose are these?"

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Yosef answered his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." Ya'akov replied, "I want you to bring them here to me, so that I can bless them."

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Now Isra'el's eyes were dim with age, so that he could not see. Yosef brought his sons near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

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Isra'el said to Yosef, "I never expected to see even you again, but God has allowed me to see your children too!"

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