³¹ “Swear to me,”^(A) he said. Then Joseph swore to him,^(B) and Israel^(C) worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.^[a](D)

³ Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty^[a](A) appeared to me at Luz^(B) in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me^{(C) 4} and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.^(D) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land^(E) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’^(F)

²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,^(A) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.