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You have two sons who were born to you in Egypt before I came to be with you, whom I now take as my own. Ephraim and Manasseh are mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are. Your descendants[a] are to be reckoned as yours, but are to be referred to among the names of their brothers in their respective[b] inheritances.

“Now as for me, Rachel died after I arrived in Canaan from Paddan, much to my sorrow. While I was on my journey to Ephrathah (also known as Bethlehem), I buried her there.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:6 Lit. descendants who come after you
  2. Genesis 48:6 The Heb. lacks respective