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?”

“They are the sons God has given me here,”(F) Joseph said to his father.

Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless(G) them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:7 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

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