Genesis 48:3-5 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

3. Jacob told Joseph:God All-Powerful appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, where he gave me his blessing

4. and promised, “I will give you a large family with many descendants that will grow into a nation. And I am giving you this land that will belong to you and your family for ever.”

5. Then Jacob went on to say:Joseph, your two sons Ephraim and Manasseh were born in Egypt, but I accept them as my own, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

Genesis 48