Genesis 48:1-3

New Living Translation

Jacob Blesses Manasseh and Ephraim

48 One day not long after this, word came to Joseph, “Your father is failing rapidly.” So Joseph went to visit his father, and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

² When Joseph arrived, Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to see you.” So Jacob^[a] gathered his strength and sat up in his bed.

³ Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty^[b] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.