Genesis 48:1-7

Genesis 48:1-7

[1] And it came to pass after  these things,  that one told  Joseph,  Behold, thy father  is sick:  and he took  with him his two  sons,  Manasseh  and Ephraim.  [2] And one told  Jacob,  and said,  Behold, thy son  Joseph  cometh  unto thee: and Israel  strengthened  himself, and sat  upon the bed.  [3] And Jacob  said  unto Joseph,  God  Almighty  appeared  unto me at Luz  in the land  of Canaan,  and blessed  [4] And said  unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,  and multiply  thee, and I will make  of thee a multitude  of people;  and will give  this land  to thy seed  after thee  for an everlasting  possession.  [5] And now thy two  sons,  Ephraim  and Manasseh,  which were born  unto thee in the land  of Egypt  before  I came  unto thee into Egypt,  are mine; as Reuben  and Simeon,  they shall be mine. [6] And thy issue,  which thou begettest  after  them, shall be thine, and shall be called  after  the name  of their brethren  in their inheritance.  [7] And as for me, when I came  from Padan,  Rachel  died  by me in the land  of Canaan  in the way,  when  yet there was but a little  way  to come  unto Ephrath:  and I buried her  there in the way  of Ephrath;  the same is Bethlehem.