But your children that you have fathered after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the [a]names of their brothers in their inheritance. Now as for me, when I came from (A)Paddan, (B)Rachel died, [b]to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath. I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

When Israel (C)saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:6 Lit name
  2. Genesis 48:7 Lit upon me

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](A) to my sorrow(B) 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).(C)

When Israel(D) saw the sons of Joseph,(E) he asked, “Who are these?”

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  1. Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia