5. So now your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I joined you here, shall be mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine as much as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
6. Progeny born to you after them shall remain yours; but their heritage shall be recorded in the names of their brothers.
7. I do this because, when I was returning from Paddan, your mother Rachel died, to my sorrow, during the journey in Canaan, while we were still a short distance from Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath [now Bethlehem].”
8. When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are these?”