Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; (A)Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as (B)Reuben and Simeon are. But your offspring that [a]have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the [b]names of their brothers in their inheritance. Now as for me, when I came from (C)Paddan, (D)Rachel died, [c]to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

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  1. Genesis 48:6 Lit you have begotten
  2. Genesis 48:6 Lit name
  3. Genesis 48:7 Lit upon me

“Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt(A) before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine,(B) just as Reuben(C) and Simeon(D) are mine. Any children born to you after them will be yours; in the territory they inherit they will be reckoned under the names of their brothers. As I was returning from Paddan,[a](E) to my sorrow(F) Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).(G)

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  1. Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia