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Genesis 48:7

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And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth–lehem.

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  1. Genesis 48:5

    And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

  2. Genesis 48:6

    And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

  3. Genesis 48:8

    And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?

  4. Genesis 48:9

    And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

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