Genesis 48:1-2

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Blessings for Manasseh and Ephraim

48 ·Some time later [^LAnd after these things] Joseph ·learned [was told] that his father was very sick, so he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim ·and went to his father [^Lwith him]. ² When Joseph arrived, someone told Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to see you.” ·Jacob [^LIsrael; another name for Jacob; 32:28] ·was weak, so he ·used all [^Lsummoned] his strength and sat up on his bed.