Genesis 48:2-4

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

² When Jacob was told, Your son Joseph has come to you, Israel collected his strength and sat up on the bed.

³ And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz [Bethel] in the land of Canaan and blessed me

⁴ And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make you a multitude of people and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.^(A)