Genesis 47:28-48:4

New International Version

²⁸ Jacob lived in Egypt^(A) seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.^{(B) 29} When the time drew near for Israel^(C) to die,^(D) he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes,^(E) put your hand under my thigh^(F) and promise that you will show me kindness^(G) and faithfulness.^(H) Do not bury me in Egypt, ³⁰ but when I rest with my fathers,^(I) carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.”^(J)

“I will do as you say,” he said.

³¹ “Swear to me,”^(K) he said. Then Joseph swore to him,^(L) and Israel^(M) worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.^[a](N)

Manasseh and Ephraim

48 Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim^(O) along with him. ² When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel^(P) rallied his strength and sat up on the bed.

³ Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty^[b](Q) appeared to me at Luz^(R) in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me^{(S) 4} and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.^(T) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land^(U) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’^(V)