1. Some time later Joseph learned that his father was very sick. So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and went to his father.
2. When Joseph arrived, someone told Israel, “Your son Joseph has come to see you.” Israel was very weak, but he tried hard and sat up in his bed.
3. Then Israel said to Joseph, “God All-Powerful appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan. God blessed me there.
4. He said to me, ‘I will make you a great family. I will give you many children and you will be a great people. Your family will own this land forever.’
5. Now you have two sons. These two sons were born here in the country of Egypt before I came. Your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, will be like my own sons. They will be like Reuben and Simeon to me.