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Genesis 48:6-10
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 48:6-10
Contemporary English Version
6 Any children you have later will be considered yours, but their inheritance will come from Ephraim and Manasseh. 7 (A) Unfortunately, your mother Rachel died in Canaan after we had left northern Syria[a] and before we reached Bethlehem.[b] And I had to bury her along the way.
8-10 Jacob was very old and almost blind. He did not recognize the two boys, and so he asked Joseph, “Who are these boys?”
Joseph answered, “They are my sons. God has given them to me here in Egypt.”
“Bring them to me,” Jacob said. “I want to give them my blessing.” Joseph brought the boys to him, and he hugged and kissed them.
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