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Genesis 48:3-5
EasyEnglish Bible
Genesis 48:3-5
EasyEnglish Bible
3 Jacob said to Joseph, ‘God Almighty appeared to me at Luz, in Canaan. God blessed me there. 4 He said to me, “I will give you many children, so that your descendants are many. In that way, you will become the ancestor of many nations. I will give this land to you so that it belongs to your descendants for ever.” ’
5 Jacob continued to say to Joseph, ‘You have two sons that were born to you in Egypt before I came here. They will become my own sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will be my sons, just as Reuben and Simeon are my sons.[a]
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- 48:5 Ephraim and Manasseh became ancestors of two of the 12 Israelite tribes.
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