Then Jacob said unto Joseph, God [a]almighty appeared unto me at (A)Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and will multiply thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will give this land unto thy seed after thee for an [b]everlasting possession.

¶ And now thy (B)two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, which are born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

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  1. Genesis 48:3 Or, all sufficient.
  2. Genesis 48:4 Which is true in the carnal Israel unto the coming of Christ, and in the spiritual forever.

Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[a](A) appeared to me at Luz(B) in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me(C) and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.(D) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land(E) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’(F)

“Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt(G) before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine,(H) just as Reuben(I) and Simeon(J) are mine.

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  1. Genesis 48:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai